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decadent
[ dek-uh-duhnt, dih-keyd-nt ]
adjective
- characterized by decadence, especially culturally or morally:
a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility.
Synonyms: self-indulgent, debauched, degenerate, immoral, corrupt
- (often initial capital letter) of or like the decadents.
noun
- a person who is decadent.
- (often initial capital letter) one of a group of French and English writers of the latter part of the 19th century whose works were characterized by aestheticism, great refinement or subtlety of style, and a marked tendency toward the artificial and abnormal in content.
decadent
/ ˈdɛkədənt /
adjective
- characterized by decay or decline, as in being self-indulgent or morally corrupt
- belonging to a period of decline in artistic standards
noun
- a decadent person
- often capital one of a group of French and English writers of the late 19th century whose works were characterized by refinement of style and a tendency towards the artificial and abnormal
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Derived Forms
- ˈdecadently, adverb
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Other Words From
- dec·a·dent·ly [dek, -, uh, -d, uh, nt-lee, dih-, keyd, -nt-], adverb
- non·deca·dent adjective noun
- over·deca·dent adjective
- over·deca·dent·ly adverb
- semi·deca·dent adjective
- semi·deca·dent·ly adverb
- undeca·dent adjective
- undeca·dent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The grandson of legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland, Nicholas Vreeland was poised for a decadent life in high-society.
Since it could now survive travel over longer distances, lobster became a decadent treat for the American upper class.
I remember going to a rehearsal dinner that had lobster tail on the buffet and thinking that was decadent.
Decadent, venal, ineffective, stratified, anxiety-ridden, stumbling from one declared crisis to the next—who wants that?
Amongst the characters performances are decadent costumes, over-the-top wigs, and too much leather, fur, and slinky cuts to count.
He was that rare thing in a new land, a decadent, a connoisseur in vice, a lover of opiates and of liquor.
You must read your Latin authors well, for, since you must be decadent, it is better to decay from a good source.
We still seem to detect the influence of a decadent, late Magdalenian style of ornament.
Here he became a friend of Grard de Nerval, who was of such influence on the later decadent school.
This prince of the seventeenth century was the beau-ideal decadent that many modern novelists have delighted to depict.
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