0 A decadent person or group has low moral standards:
a decadent society
the decadent court surrounding the king
humorous Champagne and chocolates for breakfast - how decadent!
He certainly did not think that its protagonists were decadent or degenerate - and least of all obscene.
The persistent interweaving of ancien r'gime oligarchies and the institutions of diplomacy in the end shared the fate e of a decadent regime.
If woman loses her self-understanding she will become shackled to a civilisation in crisis, transformed into a body, part of decadent femininity.
Whether the fact that something is overtly foreign makes it luxurious or decadent will be different for different people.
Part of the pleasurable, decadent sadness of this volume is in such disillusionment.
In their efforts to improve the sensory experiences of the poor, missionary aesthetes subscribed to a liberatory aesthetic rather than a decadent one.
The writer, however, views these parties as decadent and immoral, especially in a time of war, and they raise his ire.
Fascinated by the materiality of language, the decadent text frequently cultivates its own shiny, polished surfaces and neglects the plot.
