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| 1. | characterized by decadence, esp. culturally or morally: a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility. |
| 2. | (often initial capital letter ) of or like the decadents. |
| 3. | a person who is decadent. |
| 4. | (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. |