decadent
See also: décadent
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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- IPA(key): /ˈdɛkədənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editdecadent (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)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editcharacterized by moral or cultural decline
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luxuriously self-indulgent
Noun
editdecadent (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
Related terms
editTranslations
editperson affected by moral decay
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin dēcadentem.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdecadent m or f (masculine and feminine plural decadents)
- decaying, deteriorating, in decline
- decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)
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editFurther 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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French décadent.
Adjective
editdecadent m or n (feminine singular decadentă, masculine plural decadenți, feminine and neuter plural decadente)
Declension
editDeclension of decadent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | decadent | decadentă | decadenți | decadente | ||
definite | decadentul | decadenta | decadenții | decadentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | decadent | decadente | decadenți | decadente | ||
definite | decadentului | decadentei | decadenților | decadentelor |
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