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declinist

UK/dɪˈklaɪnɪst/

declinist noun: a subscriber to declinism.

Noun

declinist (plural declinists)

  1. A subscriber to declinism.
    • Rather than accept this, declinists often explained things that did not happen, with explanations that did not work, based on bad history. Thus declinists insist that British R&D has always been low, the City always over-mighty, the country always in the grip of empire, the state under the...2022 June 12, David Edgerton, “Yes, we’re in a bad way. But to wallow in myths of British ‘declinism’ won’t help us thrive”, in The Guardian

Adjective

declinist (comparative more declinist, superlative most declinist)

  1. Believing in or tending towards declinism.
    • Against a background of almost paralytic gloom and declinist talk, Vienna tried to take on Napoleon, breifly bhecked him at Aspern-Essling and then went down to absolute defeat at Wagram […].2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 301
    • As our first declinist candidate for president, Donald J Trump did at least express something new and true about the nature of our country.2016 November 14, Tom Engelhardt, “Through the gates of hell: Trump as America's first declinist president”, in The Guardian

declinist meaning in Bengali

declinist in Bengali

ডিক্লাইনিজমের একজন গ্রাহক, অনুসারী, ডিক্লাইনিজমে বিশ্বাসী

Forms of declinist

Noun
pluraldeclinists
Adjective
comparativemore declinist
superlativemost declinist

Origin of declinist

From decline + -ist.

Questions about declinist

What does declinist mean?
Declinist means a subscriber to declinism.
What is declinist in Bengali?
Declinist in Bengali is ডিক্লাইনিজমের একজন গ্রাহক, অনুসারী, ডিক্লাইনিজমে বিশ্বাসী. See Declinist meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is declinist?
Declinist can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce declinist?
Declinist is pronounced /dɪˈklaɪnɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of declinist?
The plural of declinist is declinists.

Words near declinist in the dictionary

  1. declineth
  2. declining
  3. decliningly
  4. declinings
  5. declinism
  6. declinist
  7. declinists
  8. declinometer
  9. declinometers
  10. declinous
  11. declipping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: declinist (page history and authors); declinist (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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