'Decadent' definitions:

Definition of 'decadent'

From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: decadent, effete]
noun
A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)

Definition of 'Decadent'

From: GCIDE
  • Decadent \De*ca"dent\, a. Decaying; deteriorating. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Decadent'

From: GCIDE
  • Decadent \De*ca"dent\, n. One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers.
  • The decadents and [ae]sthetes, and certain types of realists. --C. L. Dana.
  • The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by "decadents". --The Century. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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