Antonyms for decadent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dek-uh-duhnt, dih-keyd-nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛk ə dənt, dɪˈkeɪd nt |
Definition of decadent
Origin :- "in a state of decline or decay (from a former condition of excellence)," 1837, from French décadent, back-formation from décadence (see decadence). In reference to literary (later, other artistic) schools that believed, or affected to believe, they lived in an age of artistic decadence, 1885 in French, 1888 in English. Usually in a bad sense, e.g.:
- "Bread, supposedly the staff of life, has become one of our most decadent foods -- doughy, gummy, and without the aroma, flavor, texture, taste and appearance that is typical of good bread." ["College and University Business" 1960]
- Beckoning sense of "desirable and satisfying to self-indulgence" begins c.1970 in commercial publications in reference to desserts.
- adj corrupt, self-indulgent
- Above all things he despised Greek art; it was, he said decadent.
- Extract from : « Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches » by Maurice Baring
- The exquisiteness of the decadent efflorescence of a passing race.
- Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham
- The Nejd was the one clean spot in the decadent Moslem world.
- Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard
- So, we may be sure, the decadent artists of the Graeco-Roman world were not rebels.
- Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
- All our East has suffered from the decadent touch of Europe.
- Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
- Such a cynical and decadent philosophy could not go unchallenged.
- Extract from : « Modern British Poetry » by Various
- I am a German, and I hate these decadent peoples we call Belgians.
- Extract from : « Two Daring Young Patriots » by W. P. Shervill
- There is no real taste among us for the erotic or the decadent.
- Extract from : « Charles Frohman: Manager and Man » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman
- The one Albanian that I was ever on speaking terms with was rather a decadent example.
- Extract from : « Reginald » by Saki
- Laughter that is decadent is not good for these thousand generations.
- Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London
Synonyms for decadent
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