退たい廃はい的てき

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Common wordJLPTN1

Meanings

na-adjective

degenerate; decadent; corrupt

Describes moral, cultural, or artistic decline; often used for societies, lifestyles, or art that has lost vitality and become self-indulgent or corrupt.

その小しょう説せつは退たい廃はい的てきな貴き族ぞく社しゃ会かいを描えがいている。
The novel depicts a decadent aristocratic society.
退たい廃はい的てきな生せい活かつを送おくっていると、健けん康こうを害がいするよ。
If you lead a degenerate lifestyle, you'll ruin your health.

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Usage patterns

退たい廃はい的てきな雰ふん囲い気きa decadent atmosphere
この街まちには退たい廃はい的てきな雰ふん囲い気きが漂ただよっている。
This town has a decadent atmosphere hanging over it.
退たい廃はい的てきな生せい活かつを送おくるto lead a decadent lifestyle
彼かれは酒さけとギャンブルに浸ひたる退たい廃はい的てきな生せい活かつを送おくっている。
He leads a decadent life immersed in drinking and gambling.
〈事こと〉が退たい廃はい的てきになるfor something (society, culture, art) to become decadent
戦せん後ご、都と市しの文ぶん化かは一いち時じ退たい廃はい的てきになった。
After the war, urban culture briefly became decadent.
退たい廃はい的てきな芸げい術じゅつdecadent art
その時じ代だいには退たい廃はい的てきな芸げい術じゅつが流りゅう行こうした。
Decadent art was in fashion during that era.

Kanji

退retreat, withdraw, retire
廃abolish, obsolete, cessation
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

堕だ落らくN1
堕落 stresses personal moral corruption or a fall from grace, while 退廃的 describes a broader cultural, artistic, or societal decline into decadence.
享きょう楽らく的てき
享楽的 focuses on a hedonistic, pleasure-seeking attitude, while 退廃的 carries a stronger sense of decline, corruption, and loss of vitality.
淫いん靡び
淫靡 emphasizes a lewd, sensually corrupting atmosphere, whereas 退廃的 is broader and can apply to art, culture, or lifestyle without a sexual connotation.
不ふ健けん全ぜん
不健全 simply means 'unwholesome' or 'unhealthy' in a general sense, while 退廃的 specifically evokes decadence and cultural decay.

Opposites

健けん全ぜんN1
健全 means 'wholesome' or 'sound', the direct opposite of 退廃的's sense of moral and cultural decay.

Don't confuse with

退たい屈くつN3
退屈 (boring, tedious) shares the kanji 退 with 退廃的 but has nothing to do with decadence or decline.

Built from

退たい廃はい+的てき

Etymology

Formed from 退廃 (たいはい, 'degeneration, decadence') + the adjectival suffix 的 (てき, '-like, -ic'). 退廃 is a Sino-Japanese compound of 退 (retreat, decline) and 廃 (abandon, become obsolete).