Usually means: Pessimistic belief in societal decline.
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▸ noun:  A pessimistic belief that things are in decline.

Similar:
declensionism, deteriorationism, deteriorism, declinarian, pejorism, collapsism, endism, cultural pessimism, decelerationism, collapsitarianism, more...

Opposite:
optimism, progressivism, positivism

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Similar:
declensionism, deteriorationism, deteriorism, declinarian, pejorism, collapsism, endism, cultural pessimism, decelerationism, collapsitarianism, more...

Opposite:
optimism, progressivism, positivism



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