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depressionism

depressionism noun: a policy or advocacy of depression.

Noun

depressionism (uncountable)

  1. A policy or advocacy of depression.
    • French surrealism, German depressionism, everything that is modern, or at least recent, is here.1928, Harvard Advocate, volume 115, page 42
    • The source of the defeatism, pessimism, depressionism that pervades so much contemporary literature is only partly in the reality it depicts; it is also to be found in the imagination by the light of which we interpret reality.1931, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, page 69

Origin of depressionism

From depression + -ism.

Questions about depressionism

What does depressionism mean?
Depressionism means a policy or advocacy of depression.
What part of speech is depressionism?
Depressionism is a noun.

Words near depressionism in the dictionary

  1. Depression cake
  2. Depression cakes
  3. Depression glass
  4. depressional
  5. depressionary
  6. depressionism
  7. depressionist
  8. depressionists
  9. depressionless
  10. depressionlike
  11. depressionogenic

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