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Russian
Etymology
упад- (upad-) + -ок (-ok). Probably adapted as an enlightenment term mid-18th century after Polish upadek, also upad, both also in the most literal senses of falling (on the head), the setting of the Sun etc., for the Latinate terms of decadence, a recurring idea in such works as Montesquieu’s Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline and Edward Gibbon’s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and their Russian titles.
Pronunciation
Noun
упа́док • (upádok) m inan (genitive упа́дка, nominative plural упа́дки, genitive plural упа́дков)
- decline, decay, decadence
- Synonym: увяда́ние (uvjadánije)
- приходи́ть в упа́док ― prixodítʹ v upádok ― to decay
- в состоя́нии упа́дка ― v sostojánii upádka ― in decline
- до состоя́ния упа́дка ― do sostojánija upádka ― to a state of decline
2011, Виктор Пелевин, S.N.U.F.F.; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., S.N.U.F.F., 2014:— Когда общественный договор прекратил действовать, первыми пришли в упадок новости. Люди перестали им верить, потому что это больше не гарантировало полного желудка. Потом в упадок пришло искусство. Кино перестало вызывать «погружение» и «сопереживание».- — Kogda obščestvennyj dogovor prekratil dejstvovatʹ, pervymi prišli v upadok novosti. Ljudi perestali im veritʹ, potomu što eto bolʹše ne garantirovalo polnovo želudka. Potom v upadok prišlo iskusstvo. Kino perestalo vyzyvatʹ «pogruženije» i «sopereživanije».
- ‘When the social contract ceased to function, the news fell into decline first. People stopped believing in it, because it didn’t guarantee a full stomach any longer. Then arts fell into decline. The movies stopped inducing “total immersion” and “empathy”.’
- collapse, breakdown, decline
- Antonym: расцве́т (rascvét)
- упа́док ду́ха ― upádok dúxa ― despondency; low spirits; depression
Declension
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