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==Etymology==
Middle French, from Medieval Latin decadentia, from Late Latin decadent-, decadens, present participle of decadere to fall, sink
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1530]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[process]] of becoming decadent : the [[quality]] or state of being decadent
*2 : a period of decline
==Description==
'''Decadence''' can refer to a [[personal]] [[trait]], or to the [[state]] of a [[society]] (or segment of it). Used to describe a person's [[lifestyle]]. Concise Oxford Dictionary: "a [[luxurious]] [[self]]-indulgence". Oscar Wilde gave a curious definition: "Classicism is the subordination of the [[parts]] to the [[whole]]; decadence is the subordination of the whole to the parts."
In [[literature]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadent_movement Decadent movement]—late nineteenth century [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin_de_si%C3%A8cle fin de siècle] [[writers]] who were [[associated]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolism_(arts) Symbolism] or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetic_movement Aesthetic movement]—was first given its [[name]] by hostile critics, and then the [[name]] was triumphantly adopted by some [[writers]] themselves. These "decadents" relished artifice over the earlier Romantics' [[naive]] view of [[nature]].. Some of these [[writers]] were [[influenced]] by the [[tradition]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_novel Gothic novel] and by the [[poetry]] and [[fiction]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe Edgar Allan Poe].
In a [[social]] [[context]], the word 'decadent' is often used to describe corrosive decline due to a [[perceived]] [[erosion]] of [[moral]] [[traditions]] (A [[society]] that discards unnecessary and outmoded [[values]] would not be considered decadent, although [[perceptions]] of "unnecessary and outmoded" significantly vary). Due to [[arguments]] over the [[nature]] of [[morality]], whether a [[society]] is decadent or not is a matter of [[debate]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadence]
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==Etymology==
Middle French, from Medieval Latin decadentia, from Late Latin decadent-, decadens, present participle of decadere to fall, sink
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1530]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[process]] of becoming decadent : the [[quality]] or state of being decadent
*2 : a period of decline
==Description==
'''Decadence''' can refer to a [[personal]] [[trait]], or to the [[state]] of a [[society]] (or segment of it). Used to describe a person's [[lifestyle]]. Concise Oxford Dictionary: "a [[luxurious]] [[self]]-indulgence". Oscar Wilde gave a curious definition: "Classicism is the subordination of the [[parts]] to the [[whole]]; decadence is the subordination of the whole to the parts."
In [[literature]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadent_movement Decadent movement]—late nineteenth century [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin_de_si%C3%A8cle fin de siècle] [[writers]] who were [[associated]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolism_(arts) Symbolism] or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetic_movement Aesthetic movement]—was first given its [[name]] by hostile critics, and then the [[name]] was triumphantly adopted by some [[writers]] themselves. These "decadents" relished artifice over the earlier Romantics' [[naive]] view of [[nature]].. Some of these [[writers]] were [[influenced]] by the [[tradition]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_novel Gothic novel] and by the [[poetry]] and [[fiction]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe Edgar Allan Poe].
In a [[social]] [[context]], the word 'decadent' is often used to describe corrosive decline due to a [[perceived]] [[erosion]] of [[moral]] [[traditions]] (A [[society]] that discards unnecessary and outmoded [[values]] would not be considered decadent, although [[perceptions]] of "unnecessary and outmoded" significantly vary). Due to [[arguments]] over the [[nature]] of [[morality]], whether a [[society]] is decadent or not is a matter of [[debate]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadence]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
[[Category: Sociology]]