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decadent definition

deca·dent (dek′ə dənt; also di kād′'nt)

adjective

in a state of decline; characterized by decadence

Etymology: Fr décadent: see decadence

noun

  1. a decadent person, esp. a writer or artist active in a period of decadence
  2. any of a group of late-19th-cent., chiefly French writers characterized by a highly mannered style and an emphasis on the morbid and perverse

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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