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I grew up in an apartment that would have made a trailer look really decadent and nice. Pretty much the only dependable thing I had was books.
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Meaning of "decadent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECADENT

decadent  [ˈdɛkədənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECADENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decadent can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES DECADENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

decadent

Decadence

Decadence usually means a perceived decay in standards, morals, dignity, religious faith, or leadership among the members of the elite of a large social structure. By extension, it may mean a decline in art or literature, or to self-indulgent behaviour. In literature, the Decadent movement—late nineteenth century fin de siècle writers who were associated with Symbolism or the Aesthetic movement—was first given its name by hostile critics. Later it was triumphantly adopted by some of the writers themselves. The Decadents praised artifice over nature and sophistication over simplicity, defying contemporary discourses of decline by embracing subjects and styles that their critics considered morbid and over-refined. Some of these writers were influenced by the tradition of the Gothic novel and by the poetry and fiction of Edgar Allan Poe. Use of the term decadent frequently implies moral censure that such declines are objectively observable and that they inevitably precede the destruction of the society in question; for this reason, modern historians use the term with caution.

Definition of decadent in the English dictionary

The first definition of decadent in the dictionary is characterized by decay or decline, as in being self-indulgent or morally corrupt. Other definition of decadent is belonging to a period of decline in artistic standards. Decadent is also a decadent person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECADENT


abundant
əˈbʌndənt
accident
ˈæksɪdənt
attendant
əˈtɛndənt
confident
ˈkɒnfɪdənt
couldn´t
ˈkʊdənt
dependent
dɪˈpɛndənt
didn´t
ˈdɪdənt
evident
ˈɛvɪdənt
hadn´t
ˈhædənt
incident
ˈɪnsɪdənt
independent
ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt
pendant
ˈpɛndənt
president
ˈprɛzɪdənt
regardant
rɪˈɡɑːdənt
resident
ˈrɛzɪdənt
shouldn´t
ˈʃʊdənt
student
ˈstjuːdənt
superintendent
ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənt
undecadent
ʌnˈdɛkədənt
wouldn´t
ˈwʊdənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECADENT

decachord
decad
decadal
decade
decadence
decadency
decadently
decaf
decaff
decaffeinate
decaffeinated
decagon
decagonal
decagonally
decagram
decagramme
decagynian
decagynous
decahedral
decahedron

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECADENT

ardent
cadent
college student
dent
dissident
graduate student
ident
indent
occident
pendent
PhD student
precedent
provident
prudent
respondent
rodent
transcendent
trident
university student
vice president

Synonyms and antonyms of decadent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DECADENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «decadent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of decadent

Translation of «decadent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECADENT

Find out the translation of decadent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decadent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decadent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

堕落的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decadente
570 millions of speakers

English

decadent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवनति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منحط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

декадентской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decadente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধ: পতিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décadent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dekaden
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dekadent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頽廃的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퇴폐적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decadent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suy vi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நலிந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नालायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çökmekte olan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decadente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dekadencki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

декадентської
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decadent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρακμιακή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decadent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dekadent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dekadent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decadent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECADENT»

The term «decadent» is very widely used and occupies the 6.127 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECADENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decadent

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10 QUOTES WITH «DECADENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word decadent.
1
Lauren Bowles
I love to bake! I have a huge sweet tooth, and I love to make things like zucchini muffins, you know, anything decadent like that. And I stand by the claim that chocolate can be good for you! I love having a good piece of dark chocolate, one that's 70 percent or more cacao.
2
H. Rap Brown
Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions.
3
Marianne Faithfull
I haven't got purity, and I don't think I ever did. I have always been, even as a child, a very decadent little person.
4
John Maynard Keynes
The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods.
5
David LaChapelle
We use fashion for status and to beautify and there's nothing wrong with that, but when it becomes completely unbalanced, then you're living a decadent life. And when that happens on a global scale, you're living in a decadent world.
6
Seanan McGuire
I grew up in an apartment that would have made a trailer look really decadent and nice. Pretty much the only dependable thing I had was books.
7
Sophie McShera
If me and my friends are feeling decadent, we go for afternoon tea.
8
Lee Harvey Oswald
I am a communist and a worker, and I have lived in a decadent capitalist society where the workers are slaves.
9
Marley Shelton
There's something fabulously decadent about staying in a hotel across the street from where you live.
10
Alice Smith
I like to focus on making the music sound simple and true, and very lush and full. I think music should take you to somewhere else where you have the space to contemplate or exercise your imagination. All the while you should be feeling real good, like when you have a delicious and decadent meal, macaroni and cheese or foie gras.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECADENT»

Discover the use of decadent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decadent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Decadent Subjects: The Idea of Decadence in Art, Literature, ...
" In this posthumously published work, Bernheimer succeeds in making a critical concept out of this perennially fashionable, rarely understood term. Decadent Subjects is a coherent and moving picture of fin de siècle decadence.
Charles Bernheimer, T. Jefferson Kline, Naomi Schor, 2003
2
Decadent Enchantments: The Revival of Gregorian Chant at ...
The oldest written tradition of European music, the art we know as Gregorian chant, is seen from an entirely new perspective in Katherine Bergeron's engaging and literate study.
Katherine Bergeron, 1998
3
Decadent Genealogies: The Rhetoric of Sickness from ...
Barbara Spackman here examines the ways in which decadent writers adopted the language of physiological illness and alteration as a figure for psychic otherness.
Barbara Spackman, 1989
4
Decadent (Mills & Boon Blaze)
Club Casablanca—an exclusive gentlemen's club where exotic hostesses cater to the every need of high-stakes gamblers, politicians and big-business execs.
Suzanne Forster, 2010
5
Decadent poetry from Wilde to Naidu
Captures the eroticism, aesthetic revolution, and decadence of English poetry of the late-nineteenth-century Victorian era in a compilation of verse that includes the works of Oscar Wilde, Arthur Symons, Rosamond Marriott Watson, W. B. ...
Lisa Rodensky, 2006
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Decadent Verse: An Anthology of Late-Victorian Poetry, 1872-1900
An Anthology of Late-Victorian Poetry, 1872-1900 Caroline Blyth. to late Ruskin, seen in his Fors Clavigera; and traditional dimensions to the revolutionary ' socialist' thought of William Morris; there was a 'liberal' side to the Fabians.
Caroline Blyth, 2011
7
An Oasis of Horror: Decadent Tales and Contes Cruels
The tales in this collection include: "An Oasis of Horror," "Justice," "The Copper Cauldron," "Nobody Else to Blame," "Heartbeat," "Upon the Gallows-Tree," "The Devil's Men," "The Elixir of Youth," "The Lamia's Soliloquy," "And the Hunter ...
Brian Stableford, 2008
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In Defense of Decadent Europe
Aron denounces the clash between democracy and the Marxist-Leninist mystification and explains how Marxism leads to Soviet-style ideology. The second part of the book constitutes a defense of liberal Europe.
Raymond Aron, 1996
9
Truffles: 50 Deliciously Decadent Homemade Chocolate Treats
My only regret: 50 truffles and so little time." - Marcel Desaulniers, author of "Death by Chocolate" "My idea of heaven would be to make one of Dede Wilson's irresistible truffles every week of the year.
Dede Wilson, 2006
10
Vegan Yum Yum: Decadent (But Doable) Animal-Free Recipes for ...
Contains more than one hundred vegan recipes for breakfast and main dishes, appetizers, salads, sides, soups, pasta, dessert, drinks, sauces, dips, and spreads.
Lauren Ulm, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECADENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decadent is used in the context of the following news items.
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The party is far from over on the decadent Greek islands
There wasn't any dancing in the streets of Mykonos last Sunday night when the Greeks exercised their democratic muscle by voting no to ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Putin is weak: The Russian strongman is terrified of losing control …
... values of ordinary Russians, and the dangerous, abhorrent values of the decadent West that Putin claimed was intent on destroying Russia. «Vox, Jul 15»
3
Ice Cream Shoppe wins 'Best Sundae on Sunday'
... came in second. The "Jammin' Jelly and Cup o' Joe Decadent Donut Delight" from Hy-Point Dairy of Brandywine Hundred placed third. «The News Journal, Jul 15»
4
Top Breakfast Sandwiches in Houston
MIDTOWN — A breakfast sandwich can be so much more than a way to start your day, it can be a decadent romp into a world of Nutella and ... «Eater, Jul 15»
5
Trevisio's New Menu Makes Healthy Eating Easier
And there are even "green" desserts, from a classic tiramisu to a decadent Nutella cheesecake, because eating healthy doesn't have to mean ... «Houstonia Magazine, Jul 15»
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Gut Reaction | BurgerFi is a restaurant in between high-dining and …
A BurgerFi burger with parmesan and herb fries and a decadent Concrete was around $18, but the large portions could probably have made ... «Myrtle Beach Sun News, Jul 15»
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10 Fresh and Delicious No-Bake Vegan Pies to Make This Summer
Well, just because it's summer doesn't mean we can't enjoy some delicious and decadent pies. Summer gives us a bounty of seasonal fresh ... «One Green Planet, Jul 15»
8
Curbed Features
Her room would be more decadent, with what Andersen said were historically appropriate fabrics. "Ham is into weapons and building so I ... «Curbed SF, Jul 15»
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8 Refreshing Frozen Cocktails Perfect For A Hot Summer Day
Never a restaurant to shy away from the decadent and dramatic, Barton G. makes no exception when it comes to frozen cocktails. In fact, they're ... «LAist, Jul 15»
10
Roasted Radishes With Brown Butter Recipe From 'Savory Simple'
Here, Jennifer Farley of Savory Simple shares an easy way to transform the humble radish into a decadent knockout. Roasted Radishes With ... «Yahoo Food, Jul 15»

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