All 3 Uses of
decadent
in
The Time Machine
- 'I must confess that my satisfaction with my first theories of an automatic civilization and a decadent humanity did not long endure.†
Chpt 5 *
- In this decadence, too, the art of fire-making had been forgotten on the earth.†
Chpt 9
- At last I saw again the dim shadows of houses, the evidences of decadent humanity.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(decadent) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay