Literary writers often use "decadent" as a flexible marker of decline, moral laxity, or excessive self-indulgence, while at times also embracing it as a badge of artistic sophistication. In some contexts, the term is deployed critically—as when it denotes the loss of cultural or societal vigor, indicating an era in decline or a moral deterioration ([1], [2], [3]). At other times, authors adopt a self-reflexive stance, with figures proclaiming their own “decadence” as a facet of a complex, nonconformist identity ([4], [5], [6]). The word, therefore, carries dual connotations that range from denouncing overblown or corrupt tendencies to celebrating an alternative vision of art and life, a nuance that has made it a persistent and provocative descriptor in literary and historical discourses ([7], [8], [9]).