declensionism

English

Etymology

declension +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈklɛnʃənɪzəm/

Noun

declensionism (uncountable)

A belief in a declining trend in a history.
- 2002, Melvyn Stokes, The state of U.S. history, page 74:
  By breaking free of it, historians could shed the dualisms that now entrap them, and escape the declensionism - the longing for the lost alternative

Related terms

declensionist

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