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DECADENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("decadent" is a kind of...):
bad person (a person who does harm to others)
Derivation:
decay (fall into decay or ruin)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Luxuriously self-indulgent
Example:
I spent a decadent day at a spa
Classified under:
Similar:
indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
Example:
a group of effete self-professed intellectuals
Synonyms:
decadent; fin-de-siecle
Classified under:
Similar:
immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)
Derivation:
decadence; decadency (the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities)
