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adjective 
  1. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
  2. Luxuriously self-indulgent.
    • 2003 August 10, Ken Keeler, "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", Futurama, season 5, episode 16, Fox Broadcasting Company
    • : Hedonism Bot: Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully ! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!
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  • German: dekadent
Etymology: French décadent, from Latin decadentia, compound of de- down and cadere to fall; relating to decay.

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