Gore Vidal

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

American Novelist

Anne Hathaway

I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with. And there's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point.

American Actress

Molly Bloom

I developed an interesting skill set in that I was able to create a network and create experiences and environment - I built this decadent playground for men. It might have been successful, but it wasn't important. It didn't have any true meaning.

American Author

Renee Zellweger

Once you've reached the point where you can pay rent, you can go to the vet and you can go to the grocery store, after that point it's all the same. I don't have the appetite for a decadent lifestyle.

Paul Morrissey

I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff.

American Director

Madonna Ciccone

I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.

American Musician

Erin O'Connor

I would say I live half in New York and half in Claridge's. How decadent! How hysterical!

English Model

H. Rap Brown

Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions.

American Activist

Layne Staley

Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.

Brian Azzarello

Paris is wild; it's decadent... it's so many things.

American Writer

Think of 'decadent' as something so extravagantly pleasurable it's almost too much.

Sensory Overload

'Decadent' often has a negative implication of overindulgence that isn't good for you.

Not Always Positive

Use 'decadent' for items considered luxury, especially those not necessary but delightful.

Luxury Items

'Decadent' relates to a period when people think norms or quality are declining.

Cultural Context

When used for society or culture, it conveys a strong disapproval.

Negative Judgment

Often references historical periods thought to be marked by moral decline.

Historical Reference

A 'decadent' person lives in extreme excess, often disregarding usual limits.

Excessiveness Key

Being called a 'decadent' often implies a lack of moral restraint.

Morality Implied

 to reduce child and indentured labor practices. Today, chocolate has established itself in the rituals of our modern culture. Due to its colonial association with native cultures, combined with the power of advertising, chocolate retains an aura of something sensual, decadent,

The history of chocolate...

 expression bread and circuses from we tend to think of the gladiatorial games as decadent depraved the self-indulgence of a people in decline yet they are meant to halt all that their way for teaching people not so much how to live