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decadent

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dec·a·dent  (dk-dnt, d-kdnt)
adj.
1. Being in a state of decline or decay.
2. Marked by or providing unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent.
3. often Decadent Of or relating to literary Decadence.
n.
1. A person in a condition or process of mental or moral decay.
2. often Decadent A member of the Decadence movement.
[French décadent, back-formation from décadence, decadence; see decadence.]
deca·dent·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.decadent - a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
bad person - a person who does harm to others
Adj.1.decadent - marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"
effete
indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"
decadent
adjective degenerate, abandoned, corrupt, degraded, immoral, self-indulgent, depraved, debased, debauched, dissolute << OPPOSITE moral
Translations
decadent [ˈdɛkədənt] adj → decadente
decadent [ˈdɛkədənt] adj → décadent(e)
decadent [ˈdɛkədənt] decadence adj → dekadent
decadent [ˈdɛkədənt] adj → decadente


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1) In diction, dialect and style it is obviously dependent upon Homer, and is therefore considerably later than the "Iliad" and "Odyssey": moreover, as we have seen, it is in revolt against the romantic school, already grown decadent, and while the digamma is still living, it is obviously growing weak, and is by no means uniformly effective.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
Straight to La he came and in the language of the great apes which was also the language of decadent Opar he addressed her.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
For a writer of his peculiar philosophic tenets, at all events, the world itself, in truth, must seem irretrievably old or even decadent.
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