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What does "decadent" mean?

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Rebecca

Great question. "Decadent" is an adjectives and is usually used to talk about someone or something that is very luxurious or self-indulgent. Which is how it is being used in this video. In other contexts, it usually means “degraded,” with the sense of a society in moral decline. Ex: The chocolate cake was very rich and decadent. Ex: She goes on holiday every month. She lives a very decadent lifestyle. Ex: Many in the world are starving and it is decadent behavior to waste food when so many go hungry every day.

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