décadent
décadent is the alternative spelling of decadent.
Meaning of decadent
Adjective
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. 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
- Synonyms:
- corrupted, degenerate, aberrant, corrupt, depraved, lost, dirty-handed, dissolute, effete, errant
- Luxuriously self-indulgent.
- Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully decadent! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!2003, Hedonismbot in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
- Synonyms:
- epicurean, sinful, Babylonian, epicureal, epicureous, epicurish, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate, lotus-eating
Forms of décadent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more décadent |
| superlative | most décadent |
| Noun | |
| plural | décadents |
Questions about décadent
- What is décadent the alternative spelling of?
- Décadent is the alternative spelling of decadent.
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