Declinism
/dɪˈklaɪnɪzəm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A pessimistic belief that things are in decline. uncountable
"Scholars point out that strains of declinism can be found in most eras of history, which raises the question, is it logically possible for the world to be going to hell interminably — to be endlessly on its way to hell, ever worse than before, and ever better at each earlier epoch?"
Example
More examples"Scholars point out that strains of declinism can be found in most eras of history, which raises the question, is it logically possible for the world to be going to hell interminably — to be endlessly on its way to hell, ever worse than before, and ever better at each earlier epoch?"
Etymology
From decline + -ism.