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Definition of Decadent
Decadent Decadent De*ca"dent, a.
Decaying; deteriorating.
Decadent Decadent De*ca"dent, n.
One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one
characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who
are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a
certain school of modern French writers.
The decadents and [ae]sthetes, and certain types of
realists. --C. L. Dana.
The business men of a great State allow their State to
be represented in Congress by ``decadents'. --The
Century.