Associations to the word «Decadent»
Noun
- Wilde
- Bourgeois
- Nietzsche
- Fin
- Oscar
- Poet
- Poetry
- Literature
- Movement
- Fantasy
- Culture
- Critic
- Poem
- Efficient
- Style
- Lifestyle
- Faye
- Romanticism
- Spacer
- Writer
- Fiction
- Symbolism
- Art
- Influence
- Degenerate
- Society
- Modernism
- Scratch
- Cookie
- Civilization
- Mussolini
- Capitalism
- Aubrey
- Aristocrat
- Derby
- Cruel
- Skip
- Nazis
- Buddhism
- Naturalist
- Myers
- Menu
- Civilisation
- Romantic
- Stable
- Extreme
- Kentucky
- Dharma
- Emerald
- Journalism
- Luxury
- Morality
- Engraving
- Carving
- Barbarian
- Decline
- Renaissance
- Empire
- Innovation
- Clergy
- Phoenix
- Taste
- Intellectual
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
DECADENT, adjective. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
DECADENT, adjective. Luxuriously self-indulgent.
DECADENT, noun. A person affected by moral decay.
Dictionary definition
DECADENT, noun. A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically).
DECADENT, adjective. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals".
Wise words
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