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单词 declinist
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Definition of declinist in English:

declinist

noundɪˈklʌɪnɪstdəˈklīnəst
  • A person who believes that a particular country, society, or institution is in a state of significant and possibly irreversible decline.

    the contents of his new book might induce declinists to reconsider their narrative of doom
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Declinists also identify a loss in the power and influence over society that public intellectuals have.
    • The declinists of the late 1980s took aim at the spirit of national self-confidence.
    • I disagree with declinists who simplistically portray our age.
    • I don't think of myself as a declinist, but the salience of the alliance we are leading is fading fast.
    • He was a declinist who thought that capitalism's destructive energies would sweep away the heroic virtues that built it.
    • I have sometimes been marked down as a declinist, but this label misses the point.
    • Recognizing these risks is not a matter of being a declinist.
    • Though the pessimism of the declinists was exaggerated they had pointed to real trends.
    • I am an optimist, not a declinist.
adjectivedɪˈklʌɪnɪstdəˈklīnəst
  • Characterized by or holding the belief that a country, society, or institution is in decline.

    the declinist point of view
    declinist authors
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is these declinist narratives that are responsible for stirring up skepticism.
    • Our present system of housing and caring for elders is declinist to the very marrow of its bones.
    • My use of declinist terminology notwithstanding, I do not necessarily share the pessimism.
    • Despite dozens of cycles of declinist foreboding, the country has resolutely refused to decay.
    • The administration does not need to be declinist to make more modest assessments of power.
    • His political analysis was declinist: a great nation had fallen from its proper condition.
    • The influence of the declinist argument was also apparent in the 1992 election campaign.
    • The chapter acknowledges the compelling explanatory power of the declinist thesis.
    • This sentiment was easily dismissed as declinist.
    • The declinist debate does not shed much light on Japan's role internationally.

Definition of declinist in US English:

declinist

noundəˈklīnəst
  • A person who believes that a particular country, society, or institution is in a state of significant and possibly irreversible decline.

    declinists tend to emphasize a more pessimistic view of the future of American power
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am an optimist, not a declinist.
    • Though the pessimism of the declinists was exaggerated they had pointed to real trends.
    • The declinists of the late 1980s took aim at the spirit of national self-confidence.
    • Declinists also identify a loss in the power and influence over society that public intellectuals have.
    • I disagree with declinists who simplistically portray our age.
    • He was a declinist who thought that capitalism's destructive energies would sweep away the heroic virtues that built it.
    • Recognizing these risks is not a matter of being a declinist.
    • I don't think of myself as a declinist, but the salience of the alliance we are leading is fading fast.
    • I have sometimes been marked down as a declinist, but this label misses the point.
adjectivedəˈklīnəst
  • Characterized by or holding the belief that a country, society, or institution is in decline.

    the declinist point of view
    declinist authors
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The chapter acknowledges the compelling explanatory power of the declinist thesis.
    • It is these declinist narratives that are responsible for stirring up skepticism.
    • The influence of the declinist argument was also apparent in the 1992 election campaign.
    • Despite dozens of cycles of declinist foreboding, the country has resolutely refused to decay.
    • Our present system of housing and caring for elders is declinist to the very marrow of its bones.
    • The administration does not need to be declinist to make more modest assessments of power.
    • The declinist debate does not shed much light on Japan's role internationally.
    • My use of declinist terminology notwithstanding, I do not necessarily share the pessimism.
    • This sentiment was easily dismissed as declinist.
    • His political analysis was declinist: a great nation had fallen from its proper condition.
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