- characterized by decadence, especially culturally or morally: a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility.
- of or like the decadents.
- a person who is decadent.
- one of a group of French and English writers of the latter part of the 19th century whose works were characterized by aestheticism, great refinement or subtlety of style, and a marked tendency toward the artificial and abnormal in content.
- characterized by decay or decline, as in being self-indulgent or morally corrupt
- belonging to a period of decline in artistic standards
- a decadent person
- one of a group of French and English writers of the late 19th century whose works were characterized by refinement of style and a tendency towards the artificial and abnormal
