how to pronounce decadent

/ˈdɛk.ə.dənt/

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decadent is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of decadent in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… was lively decadent and Trent said he …”

meaning of decadent

Decadent means luxurious, extravagant, or self-indulgent.

decadent frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word decadent occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics decadent can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that decadent can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;