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declinist

noun
/dɪˈklaɪnɪst/UK

Etymology

From decline + -ist.

  1. derived from decliner
  2. inherited from declīnian
  3. derived from *ḱley-✻
  4. derived from declīnō — “to bend, turn aside, deflect, inflect, decline”
  5. inherited from declinen
  6. suffixed as declinist — “decline + ist”

Definitions

  1. A subscriber to declinism.

  2. Believing in or tending towards declinism.

    • Against a background of almost paralytic gloom and declinist talk, Vienna tried to take on Napoleon, breifly bhecked him at Aspern-Essling and then went down to absolute defeat at Wagram […].
    • As our first declinist candidate for president, Donald J Trump did at least express something new and true about the nature of our country.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA