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See also: décadent
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
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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Translations[edit]
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
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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