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{{also|décadent}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|décadent}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱh₂d-}}
From {{der|en|fr|décadent}}, a {{glossary|back-formation}} from {{m|fr|décadence}} (see {{m|fr|-ent}}), from {{der|en|ML.|dēcadentia}}, from {{der|en|LL.|dēcadēns}}, present participle of {{m|la|dēcadō}}, {{m|la|dēcidō||sink, fall; perish}}, from {{der|en|la|dē-}} + {{m|la|cadō||fall}}.<ref>{{R:Online Etymology Dictionary|pos=adj|v=29316}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdɛkədənt/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decadent.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Characterized by [[moral]] or [[cultural]] [[decline]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1992|author=w:Gore Vidal|title=The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
|passage=As societies grow '''decadent''', the language grows '''decadent''', too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.}}
# Luxuriously [[self-indulgent]].
#* '''2003''', [[w:en:Hedonismbot|Hedonismbot]] in the ''[[w:en:Futurama|Futurama]]'' episode "[[w:en:The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings|The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]"
#*: Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully '''decadent'''! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|luxuriously self-indulgent}} {{l|en|sinful}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|decadentism|nondecadent|undecadent|decadently}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|decadence}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|characterized by moral or cultural decline}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|упадъчен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|decadent}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dekadentní}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|rappeutunut}}, {{t+|fi|turmeltunut}}, {{t+|fi|dekadentti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|décadent}}
* German: {{t+|de|dekadent}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पतनोन्मुख}}, {{t|hi|ह्रासोन्मुख}}, {{t|hi|अपकर्षी}}, {{t|hi|पतनोमुख}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|dekadens}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|hnignandi}}, {{t|is|hrörnandi}}, {{t|is|spilltur}}, {{t|is|úrkynjaður}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|dekaden}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|meatach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|decadente}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|dekadencki}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|decadent}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|упа́дочный}}, {{t+|ru|упа́дочнический}}, {{t+|ru|декаде́нтский}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|decadente}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|namumulok}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เสื่อมโทรม|tr=sʉ̀ʉam-soom}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|luxuriously self-indulgent}}
* German: {{t+|de|dekadent}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|peacúil}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|흥청망청}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A person affected by moral decay.
#* L. Douglas
#*: He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true '''decadent'''.

====Related terms====
{{rootsee|en|ine|ḱh₂d}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|person affected by moral decay}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|декадент|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|décadent|m}}, {{t+|fr|décadente|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पतित}}
* Italian: {{t|it|decadentista|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|декаде́нт|m}}, {{t+|ru|декаде́нтка|f}}
* Thai: {{t|th|คนเสื่อม|tr=kon-sʉ̀ʉam}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=acddeent|decanted}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ca|LL.|decadens|dēcadentem}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj}}

# [[decay]]ing, [[deteriorate|deteriorating]], in [[decline]]
# {{l|en|decadent}} {{gloss|characterized by moral or cultural decline}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|decadència}}
* {{l|ca|decaure}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|décadent}}.

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj}}

# {{l|en|decadent}}

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ro|decadență}}

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