Declensionism
//dɪˈklɛnʃənɪzəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A belief in a declining trend in a history. uncountable
"By breaking free of it, historians could shed the dualisms that now entrap them, and escape the declensionism - the longing for the lost alternative"
Example
More examples"By breaking free of it, historians could shed the dualisms that now entrap them, and escape the declensionism - the longing for the lost alternative"
Etymology
From declension + -ism.
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