1. decadent - Noun
2. decadent - Adjective
3. decadent - Adjective Satellite
Decaying; deteriorating.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAny talented decadent can make unreality believable. To make reality convincing is another matter, a matter for only the greatest masters. Kenneth Rexroth
Finished products are for decadent minds. Isaac Asimov
[C]hess was treated by the Soviet authorities as a very important and useful ideological tool to demonstrate the intellectual superiority of the Soviet communist regime over the decadent West. Garry Kasparov
... of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is the most malignant. Yukio Mishima
Is not just a faded echo of the feeble voice of decadent romanticism but an authentic Indian English utterance exquisitely tuned to the composite to Indian ethos, bringing home to the unbiased reader all the opulence, pageantry and charm of Indian life, and the spenders of Indian scene. Sarojini Naidu
I do not want other artists to imitate my work – they do even when I tell them not to – but only [ imitate] my example for freedom and independence from all external, decadent and corrupting influences.. Clyfford Still