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decadent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɛkədənt/

Etymology

From French décadent, a back-formation from décadence (see -ent), from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, from Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō, dēcidō (“sink, fall; perish”), from Latin dē- + cadō (“fall”).

Meanings

1. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
   • As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. 1992, Gore Vidal, The Decline and Fall of the American Empire:
2. Luxuriously self-indulgent.
   • 2003, Hedonismbot in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully decadent! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!

Forms

Deriveds

nondecadent · decadentism · decadently · undecadent

Relateds

decadence

Synonyms

Babylonian · dirty-handed · profligate · epicureous · iniquitous · wrong · nought · lotus-eating · improper · undutiful · unseemly · questionable · ungodly · corrupt · unduteous · decadent · corrupted · epicurean · sinful · incontinent · unethical · licentious · degenerate · voluptuary · unworthy · corrupted · epicurish · perverted · aberrant · unjust · sensualistic · sinful · immoral · naughty · sybarite · self-indulgent · depraved · perverse · hedonistic · epicurean · luxurious · unscrupulous · reprobate · sybaritic · indecent · unprincipled · effete · dissolute · hedonic · effete · epicureal · obscene · iniquous · sybaritical · immodest · intemperate · unrighteous · indecorous · voluptuarian · errant · lost

Translations (36)

ru упа́дочнический (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · hi ह्रासोन्मुख (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · is úrkynjaður (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · cs dekadentní (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · ca decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · is spilltur (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · fi turmeltunut (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · fi rappeutunut (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · es inmoderado (luxuriously self-indulgent) · hi अपकर्षी (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · cmn 腐朽 (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · is hrörnandi (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · ga peacúil (luxuriously self-indulgent) · id dekaden (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · pl dekadencki (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · de dekadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · ga meatach (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · bg упадъчен (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · hu dekadens (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · is hnignandi (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · fr décadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · cmn 頹廢 /颓废 (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · hi पतनोमुख (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · it decadente (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · es vicioso (luxuriously self-indulgent) · th เสื่อมโทรม (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · de dekadent (luxuriously self-indulgent) · fi dekadentti (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · tl namumulok (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · ru декаде́нтский (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · cmn 糜爛 /糜烂 (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · ru упа́дочный (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · hi पतनोन्मुख (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · ko 흥청망청 (luxuriously self-indulgent) · es decadente (characterized by moral or cultural decline) · ro decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)

decadent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɛkədənt/

Etymology

From French décadent, a back-formation from décadence (see -ent), from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, from Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō, dēcidō (“sink, fall; perish”), from Latin dē- + cadō (“fall”).

Meanings

1. A person affected by moral decay.
   • L. Douglas He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.

Forms

Translations (8)

hi पतित (person affected by moral decay) · th คนเสื่อม (person affected by moral decay) · ru декаде́нтка (person affected by moral decay) · fr décadente (person affected by moral decay) · it decadentista (person affected by moral decay) · fr décadent (person affected by moral decay) · ru декаде́нт (person affected by moral decay) · bg декадент (person affected by moral decay)