decadent
See also: décadent
English edit
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Etymology edit
From French décadent, back-formation from décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia, from Late Latin decadens, present participle of decadō (“sink, fall”). Cognate with French décadent.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
decadent (comparative more decadent, superlative most decadent)
- Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
- 1992, Gore Vidal, The Decline and Fall of the American Empire:
- 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.
- 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!
- 2003, Hedonismbot in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
Synonyms edit
- (luxuriously self-indulgent): sinful (colloquial)
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characterized by moral or cultural decline
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luxuriously self-indulgent
Noun edit
decadent (plural decadents)
- A person affected by moral decay.
- L. Douglas
- He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.
- L. Douglas
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Translations edit
person affected by moral decay
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin dēcadentem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [də.kəˈðen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [də.kəˈðent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [de.kaˈðent]
Adjective edit
decadent m or f (masculine and feminine plural decadents)
- decaying, deteriorating, in decline
- decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)
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Further reading edit
- “decadent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “decadent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “decadent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “decadent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French décadent.
Adjective edit
decadent m or n (feminine singular decadentă, masculine plural decadenți, feminine and neuter plural decadente)
Declension edit
Declension of decadent
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
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indefinite | decadent | decadentă | decadenți | decadente | ||
definite | decadentul | decadenta | decadenții | decadentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | decadent | decadente | decadenți | decadente | ||
definite | decadentului | decadentei | decadenților | decadentelor |