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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decadent \De*ca"dent\, a. Decaying; deteriorating. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decadent \De*ca"dent\, n. One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers. The decadents and [ae]sthetes, and certain types of realists. --C. L. Dana. The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by ``decadents''. --The Century. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decadent adj : 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" [syn: {effete}] n : a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
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