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DECADENT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("decadent" is a kind of...):

bad person (a person who does harm to others)

Derivation:

decay (fall into decay or ruin)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Luxuriously self-indulgentplay

Example:

I spent a decadent day at a spa

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decayplay

Example:

a group of effete self-professed intellectuals

Synonyms:

decadent; fin-de-siecle

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)

Derivation:

decadence; decadency (the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities)

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