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DECADENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decadent mean? 

DECADENT (noun)
  The noun DECADENT has 1 sense:

1. a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)play

  Familiarity information: DECADENT used as a noun is very rare.


DECADENT (adjective)
  The adjective DECADENT has 2 senses:

1. luxuriously self-indulgentplay

2. marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decayplay

  Familiarity information: DECADENT used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DECADENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("decadent" is a kind of...):

bad person (a person who does harm to others)

Derivation:

decay (fall into decay or ruin)


DECADENT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Luxuriously self-indulgent

Context example:

I spent a decadent day at a spa

Similar:

indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay

Synonyms:

decadent; fin-de-siecle

Context example:

a group of effete self-professed intellectuals

Similar:

immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)

Derivation:

decadence; decadency (the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities)


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