Usually means: Pessimism about the world's future.
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▸ noun:  The belief that the world is becoming worse.

Similar:
deteriorism, deteriorationism, pessimism, declinism, cultural pessimism, meliorism, malism, ruinism, peakism, declensionism, more...

Opposite:
optimism, positivism, idealism

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Similar:
deteriorism, deteriorationism, pessimism, declinism, cultural pessimism, meliorism, malism, ruinism, peakism, declensionism, more...

Opposite:
optimism, positivism, idealism



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