ruinism

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An ideology that leads to the destruction of society.

   • Ignorance, cast, and superstition abound in the south; Unitarianism and socialism in the east; Mormonism, Anarchism, and Romanism in the west; a stupendous race problem in the north; and ruinism both north and south and east and west.
   • Whether we call it Communism, Welfarism or Socialism, it leads to the same thing: ruinism.
2. 2

   An enthusiasm for appreciating ruins or sites of destruction.

   • At that time, "ruinism" actually became an artistic category, in demonstration of the depth of sentiment the ancient glories excited in the viewer's soul.
   • This is the inexplicable, says the Northern European: a Bauhaus of ruins. But there is no architecture in these rooms lacking arche. And no complacency for ruinism, a general lack of complacency.
3. 3

   A prevailing belief in the imminent destruction of society or the environment

   A prevailing belief in the imminent destruction of society or the environment; an apocalyptic worldview.

   • Gone are the dark days of myopic ruinism and the primitive huts of fragmented postmodern pessimism. As visionary idealists, we must escape the oppressive grip of cynical postmodern despair ...
   • ALCHEMY OF DECAY AND RUINISM The post-communist prophets hone their sharp ironies, herald the coming of doomsday, draw apocalyptic visions.
   • This important collection tracks the myriad forms of defensible spaces, from simple walls to phantasmagoric 'neo-ruinism.'

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