declensionism

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UK/dɪˈklɛnʃənɪzəm/

noun

A belief in a declining trend in a history.

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Meanings

noundeclensionism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA belief in a declining trend in a history.

    By breaking free of it, historians could shed the dualisms that now entrap them, and escape the declensionism - the longing for the lost alternative

    2002, Melvyn Stokes, The state of U.S. history, page 74

Origin

From declension + -ism.

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declensionism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/declensionism

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “declensionism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/declensionism.

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