décadence
Meanings
Noun
1. decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)
2. decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
Examples2
Ce serait une grosse erreur de confondre cadence et décadence.
Mixing up cadence and decadence would be a big mistake.
Les danses modernes ? Ce n'est plus de la danse, c'est de la décadence.
Modern dances? It's not dancing anymore, it's decadence.