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
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