- DECADENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
To be decadent is to be in the process of decay, so a powerful nation may be said to be in a decadent stage if its power is fading But the word is more often used to speak of moral decay
- DECADENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Fascinated by the materiality of language, the decadent text frequently cultivates its own shiny, polished surfaces and neglects the plot
- Decadent - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
A decadent is a person who has fallen into a state of moral or artistic decay Typically, though, we use decadent as an adjective to describe wasteful indulgence or extravagance
- DECADENT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
adjective characterized by decadence, especially culturally or morally a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility Synonyms: self-indulgent, debauched, degenerate, immoral, corrupt (often initial capital letter) of or like the decadents
- DECADENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure
- Decadent - definition of decadent by The Free Dictionary
decadent (ˈdɛkədənt) adj 1 characterized by decay or decline, as in being self-indulgent or morally corrupt
- decadent adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of decadent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary having or showing low standards, especially moral ones, and an interest only in pleasure and fun rather than serious things There was something very decadent about filling ourselves with so much rich food
- decadent - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
decadent (comparative more decadent, superlative most decadent) 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
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