Literally meaning decline and decay it is usually used to refer to the decay of a society. However decadence is a very subjective term and is usually used by square control freaks who only like the simple and wholesome and believe that anything edgy or creative will lead to chaos.
Snobby complainer: words are starting to be used differently and couples are having anal sex which is wrong even though is is safe and usually consensual. And Mexicans are coming in and threatening to destroy our trafitional values whatever that means.Oh the decadence. Soon our civilization will decay into anarchy.
by the funny one August 3, 2017
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Older and more mature now, we sat around the bonfire and laughed our heads off as we dived nostalgically into the decadence of 1999.
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by Light Joker May 9, 2006
Get the evidence mug.The word decadence, which at first meant simply "decline" in an abstract sense, is now most often used to refer to a perceived decay in standards, morals, dignity, religious faith, or skill at governing among the members of the elite of a very large social structure, such as an empire or nation state.
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Dad claims my many links to people dying from the vaccine is "anecdotal evidence" which he never even looked at it because he think the feds will tell him the truth, just like how 9/11 was totally not a inside job.
by The Painful Reality May 5, 2021
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