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declensionist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈklɛnʃənɪst/ (UK)

Etymology

From declension + -ist.

Meanings

1. Tending to show decline.
   • As in Cole's work. the plot becomes declensionist, beginning with the race of demigods and ending in the contemporary iron age 1998, Matthew Potteiger with Jamie Purinton, Landscape narratives: design practices for telling stories, page 236:

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declensionism

declensionist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈklɛnʃənɪst/ (UK)

Etymology

From declension + -ist.

Meanings

1. One offering a narrative of decline.
   • A second oppositional narrative to the dominant interpretation might be added, that of the declensionists. 2009, Devin Fergus, Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics, 1965-1980, page 338:
   • The declensionist narrative first appeared among New Deal reformers who aimed to adjust land use and agricultural economics on the Great Plains 2005, Geoff Cunfer, On the Great Plains: agriculture and environment, page 10:

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