Decadence vs Depravity - What's the difference?
decadence | depravity |
A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 35
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
* 1850 , , White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War , ch. 34,
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
* 1914 , , The Subterranean Brotherhood , ch. 16,
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
* 1850 , ,The Scarlet Letter , ch. 8,
As nouns the difference between decadence and depravity
is that decadence is a state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay while depravity is the state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.decadence
English
(wikipedia decadence)Noun
- "Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence ."
External links
* *depravity
English
Noun
(depravities)- Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
- There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities .
- Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity , and future destiny!
Synonyms
* wickednessReferences
* * * * * "depravity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * "
depravity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)