Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - decadent
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Decadent
decadent
If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure. ...the excesses and stresses of their decadent rock ’n’ roll lifestyles. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • decadence The empire had for years been falling into decadence. N-UNCOUNT
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I. adjective Etymology: back-formation from decadence Date: 1837 1. marked by decay or decline 2. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the ~s 3. characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence ~ pleasures • ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1886 1. one of a group of late 19th century French and English writers tending toward artificial and unconventional subjects and subtilized style 2. one that is ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 a in a state of moral or cultural deterioration; showing or characterized by decadence. b of a period of decadence. 2 self-indulgent. --n. a decadent person. Derivatives decadently adv. Etymology: F d{eacute}cadent (as DECADENCE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. иск. декадент 2. испорченный, нездоровый, разлагающийся 3. иск. декадентский, упадочнический ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj having low moral standards and being more concerned with your own pleasure than serious matters (Pop music was condemned as decadent and crude.) - decadently adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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