Oscar Wilde styled himself a "decadent" and flaunted his homosexuality as a challenge to the accepted code of moral behavior being promoted in his day.

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Oscar Wilde was considered a key figure of the literary movement known as "decadence" and he openly expressed and celebrated his homosexuality, which was considered highly controversial and immoral in the Victorian society he lived in.

Oscar Wilde Styled Himself a "Decadent" and Flaunted His Homosexuality