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Decline involves change over time, for example: * from previously efficient to inefficient organizational functioning * from previously rational to non-rational organizational and individual decision-making * from previously law-abiding to law-violating organizational and individual behavior * from previously virtuous to iniquitous individual moral behavior Note: distinguish the noun ''decline'' from the adjective ''obsolete''. ''Decline'' refers to the degenerating of something (compare obsolescence) whereas ''obsolete'' refers to the outdatedness of something or labels something as no longer in use. ''Decline'' represents the process of declining, a gradual sinking and wasting away. ''Social decline'' or ''moral decline'' is typically characterised as reduced adherence to cultural or social norms or values and widespread lapses in ethical behavior. Compare social decay. ==See also== * Decline of the Roman Empire * ''The Decline of the West'' by Oswald Spengler * Social disintegration * Societal collapse * Withering away of the state 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「decline」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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