Definition of declinism in English:
declinism
noundɪˈklʌɪnɪz(ə)mdəˈklīˌnizəm
mass nounThe belief that a particular country, society, or institution is in a state of significant and possibly irreversible decline.
polls showed a rise in declinism after Nixon's devaluation of the dollar
Example sentencesExamples
- A third wave of declinism took place in the 1980s.
- The essential problem of declinism was that it sought to explain Britain's undoubted relative decline in terms of British failure.
- The heart of economic patriotism is rejecting declinism and the doctrine of defeat.
- Declinism is historically deterministic: nations naturally, and perhaps inevitably, evolve through phases of rise, expansion, and decline.
- Declinism is conditionally pessimistic.
- The authors noted that declinism in America had a long history going back to late seventeenth century Puritans.
- Cycles of declinism tell us more about psychology than about underlying shifts in power resources.
- It is important to prevent the errors of both declinism and triumphalism.
- Polls showed a rise in declinism after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957.
- Declinism tends to produce overly cautious behavior that could undercut our influence.