declensionism

English

Etymology

From declension +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈklɛnʃənɪzəm/

Noun

declensionism (uncountable)

1. 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