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 Definitions of decadent  [ˈdɛk ə dənt, dɪˈkeɪd nt]  

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Definition of 'decadent' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) decadent
characterized by or given to decadence.

2.  decadent
(often cap.) of or like the decadents.

3. (n.) decadent
a person who is decadent.

4.  decadent
(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.

Etymology:  (1830–40)

Definition of 'decadent' Princeton's WordNet 

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

2. (adj) decadent, effete
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"


Definition of 'decadent' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) decadent
decaying; deteriorating


Translation of 'decadent' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the state of having low or incorrect standards of behaviour; immorality
He lived a life of decadence.; a decadent young man.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dekadent, in verval, agte Arabic flag Arabic: مُنْحَط، مُنْحَل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: декадентство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: decadente Czech flag Czech: dekadentní, zpustlý German flag German: dekadent
Danish flag Danish: dekadent Greek flag Greek: διεφθαρμένος Spanish flag Spanish: decadente
Estonian flag Estonian: moraalselt laostunud Farsi flag Farsi: فاسد؛ فرومایه Finnish flag Finnish: turmeltunut
French flag French: décadent Hebrew flag Hebrew: אָדָם בְּמָצַב יָרוּד Hindi flag Hindi: पतनशील
Croatian flag Croatian: koji propada, koji opada Hungarian flag Hungarian: dekadens Indonesian flag Indonesian: dekaden
Icelandic flag Icelandic: spilltur Italian flag Italian: decadente Japanese flag Japanese: 退廃した
Korean flag Korean: 퇴폐적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pagedęs, puolęs Latvian flag Latvian: pagrimis
Malay flag Malay: mundur Dutch flag Dutch: decadent, genotziek Norwegian flag Norwegian: dekadent
Polish flag Polish: zepsuty, zdemoralizowany Persian flag Persian: فاسد؛ فرومایه Pashto flag Pashto: فاسد
Portuguese flag Portuguese: decadente Romanian flag Romanian: decadent, vicios Russian flag Russian: испорченный
Slovak flag Slovak: dekadentný Slovenian flag Slovenian: propadajoč Serbian flag Serbian: dekadentan
Swedish flag Swedish: dekadent, förfallen Thai flag Thai: ทรุดโทรม Turkish flag Turkish: ahlâk düzeyi düşük olan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 頹廢 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: занепадницький; декадентс Urdu flag Urdu: زوال پزیر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: suyđồi Chinese flag Chinese: 颓废

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