fin-de-siecle

Questions about fin-de-siecle

What does fin-de-siecle mean?

fin-de-siecle means "marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fin-de-siecle?

fin-de-siecle has 4 syllables: fin--de--sie-cle. The stress falls on "de-".

What is another word for fin-de-siecle?

Close synonyms include decadent, fin de siecle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fin-de-siecle a common word?

fin-de-siecle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.