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dec·a·dent
(dĕk′ə-dənt, dĭ-kād′nt)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.]
dec′a·dent·ly adv.
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decadent
(ˈdɛkədənt)adj
1. characterized by decay or decline, as in being self-indulgent or morally corrupt
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) belonging to a period of decline in artistic standards
n
3. a decadent person
4. (Literary & Literary Critical Movements) (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
ˈdecadently adv
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dec•a•dent
(ˈdɛk ə dənt, dɪˈkeɪd nt)adj.
1. characterized by or given to decadence.
2. (often cap.) of or like the decadents.
n. 3. a person who is decadent.
4. (often cap.) any of a group of writers, esp. of late 19th-century France, whose work stressed refinement of style and a content of artificiality, perverseness, the bizarre, despair, etc.
[1830–40]
dec′a•dent•ly, adv.
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| Noun | 1. | 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" indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents" |
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decadent
adjective degenerate, abandoned, corrupt, degraded, immoral, self-indulgent, depraved, debased, debauched, dissolute the excesses of their decadent rock 'n' roll lifestyles
good, principled, moral, decent, proper, ethical, upright, honourable, virtuous, high-minded, upstanding, incorruptible
good, principled, moral, decent, proper, ethical, upright, honourable, virtuous, high-minded, upstanding, incorruptible
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Translations
مُنْحَط، مُنْحَل
dekadentnízpustlý
dekadent
dekadens
spilltur
dekadentný
ahlâk düzeyi düşük olan
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decadence
(ˈdekədəns) noun1. a falling from high to low standards in morals or the arts. the decadence of the late Roman empire.
2. the state of having low or incorrect standards of behaviour; immorality. He lived a life of decadence.
ˈdecadent adjectivea decadent young man.
decadence ends in -ence (not -ance).
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