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Decadence vs Dissolution - What's the difference?

decadence | dissolution |

As nouns the difference between decadence and dissolution

is that decadence is a state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay while dissolution is the termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.

decadence

English

(wikipedia decadence)

Noun

  • A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
  • * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 35
    • "Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence ."

    Related terms

    * decadent * decay

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    dissolution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
  • Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
  • Dissolving, or going into solution.

    • Synonyms

    * (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) abolition

    Antonyms

    * (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) foundation, establishment