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单词 deteriorism
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deteriorismn.

Etymology: < Latin dēterior (see deterior adj.) + -ism suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈteriorism.
The doctrine that the tendency of things is to grow worse.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun]
pessimism1815
deteriorism1880
miserabilism1882
1880 G. Smith in Atlantic Monthly No. 268. 212 Meliorism and the opposite theory, which we suppose must be called deteriorism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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