declensionist
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From declension + -ist.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]declensionist (plural declensionists)
- One offering a narrative of decline.
- 2009, Devin Fergus, Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics, 1965-1980, page 338:
- A second oppositional narrative to the dominant interpretation might be added, that of the declensionists.
- 2005, Geoff Cunfer, On the Great Plains: agriculture and environment, page 10:
- The declensionist narrative first appeared among New Deal reformers who aimed to adjust land use and agricultural economics on the Great Plains
Adjective
[edit]declensionist (comparative more declensionist, superlative most declensionist)
- Tending to show decline.
- 1998, Matthew Potteiger with Jamie Purinton, Landscape narratives: design practices for telling stories, page 236:
- As in Cole's work. the plot becomes declensionist, beginning with the race of demigods and ending in the contemporary iron age