fin-de-siecle

Adjective
  1. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay (synset 301554025)
    "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"
    similar to: immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
    same as: decadent
  2. Relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century) (synset 301007624)
    "fin de siecle art"
    domain usage: french - the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
    similar to: finished - ended or brought to an end
    same as: fin de siecle

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