Definition of descension in English:
descension
noun dəˈsɛnʃ(ə)ndəˈsɛnʃ(ə)n
rare 1in singular An act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling.
a smooth descension back down
Example sentencesExamples
- Once the flight crew announces descension, spruce up with a swipe of complexion-lifting lipstick, eye-defining shadow and bronzing highlighter.
- She talked about how in some Gospels, the women experienced an earthquake and the descension of an angel from heaven on the way to the tomb
- Good and earned leadership on a great team almost makes descension impossible.
- Our families descended on the Guadalupe River, and what a descension it was.
- If the lack of scoring, poor play and descension in the standings continues, the only way to get better is to trade away a major player for maximum return.
- Its design and technology prevent constant ladder ascension/descension.
- 1.1 A moral, social, or psychological decline.
the descension of political discourse to the level of an ad hominem and bigoted remark
Example sentencesExamples
- That dusty old English moralist John Milton loved to wax poetic about mankind's mad descension into hell.
- This means the descension of this country into an economic abyss.
- Let's just say that I could dismantle his contentions over a post requiring several hundred words complete with sources, resulting in a million downvotes and a descension into comments hell.
- The 24-year-old goaltender has spent the offseason addressing possible culprits for his descension from budding superstar to someone simply fighting to stay in the league.
- The senator's own descension into the gutter has also taken a toll on his assistant's statesmanlike image.
- We must complete the chilling task of picturing how slow and tortuous his descension into psychosis really was.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin descensio(n-), from the verb descendere (see descend). sense 2 was first found in a medieval glossary of collective terms.
Definition of descension in US English:
descension
noundəˈsɛnʃ(ə)ndəˈsenSH(ə)n
rare 1in singular An act of moving downward, dropping, or falling.
a smooth descension back down
Example sentencesExamples
- Its design and technology prevent constant ladder ascension/descension.
- Once the flight crew announces descension, spruce up with a swipe of complexion-lifting lipstick, eye-defining shadow and bronzing highlighter.
- She talked about how in some Gospels, the women experienced an earthquake and the descension of an angel from heaven on the way to the tomb
- Good and earned leadership on a great team almost makes descension impossible.
- If the lack of scoring, poor play and descension in the standings continues, the only way to get better is to trade away a major player for maximum return.
- Our families descended on the Guadalupe River, and what a descension it was.
- 1.1 A moral, social, or psychological decline.
the descension of political discourse to the level of an ad hominem and bigoted remark
Example sentencesExamples
- The senator's own descension into the gutter has also taken a toll on his assistant's statesmanlike image.
- Let's just say that I could dismantle his contentions over a post requiring several hundred words complete with sources, resulting in a million downvotes and a descension into comments hell.
- We must complete the chilling task of picturing how slow and tortuous his descension into psychosis really was.
- This means the descension of this country into an economic abyss.
- The 24-year-old goaltender has spent the offseason addressing possible culprits for his descension from budding superstar to someone simply fighting to stay in the league.
- That dusty old English moralist John Milton loved to wax poetic about mankind's mad descension into hell.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin descensio(n-), from the verb descendere (see descend). descension (sense 2) was first found in a medieval glossary of collective terms.