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Definition of Decadent
1. Adjective. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay. "A group of effete self-professed intellectuals"
2. Noun. A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically).
Definition of Decadent
1. a. Decaying; deteriorating.
2. 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.
Definition of Decadent
1. Adjective. Characterized by moral or cultural decline. ¹
2. Adjective. Luxuriously self-indulgent. ¹
3. Noun. A person affected by moral decay. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decadent
1. one in a state of mental or moral decay [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decadent
Literary usage of Decadent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary Criticism from the Elizabethan Dramatists by John Tucker Murray, David Klein, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, William Winter, Rosamond Gilder, Felix Emmanuel Schelling, William Dean Howells, Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater, Allan McAulay, William Randolph Hearst (1908)
"XIX decadent ROMANCE OUR story of the English chronicle play has been decadent
ro- fully told. Its kindred, the historical drama, SS"* whether that founded ..."
2. Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"And this decadent is his grandson ! "Unser Fritz" was a very noble-looking man.
His grandson—oh, well, look at him and judge for yourselves! ..."
3. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"Originality Checked by Excessive Admiration of the Great Renaissance Artists.—The
Influence of the decadent Italian Schools on France and Spain. ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"CHAPTER I. decadent. How little did any one suppose that here was the end not of
Robespierre only, but of the Revolution System itself! ..."
5. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1838)
"CHAPTER I. decadent. How little did any one suppose that here was the end not of
Robespierre only, but of the Revolution System itself! ..."
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