declensionistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /dɪˈklɛnʃənɪst/

名詞

declensionist ‎(複数形 declensionists)

1. One offering a narrative of decline.
   • 2009, Devin Fergus, Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics, 1965-1980, page 338:

     A second oppositional narrative to the dominant interpretation might be added, that of the declensionists.

   • 2005, Geoff Cunfer, On the Great Plains: agriculture and environment, page 10:

     The declensionist narrative first appeared among New Deal reformers who aimed to adjust land use and agricultural economics on the Great Plains

形容詞

declensionist ‎(comparative more declensionist, superlative most declensionist)

1. Tending to show decline.
   • 1998, Matthew Potteiger, Landscape narratives: design practices for telling stories, page 236:

     As in Cole's work. the plot becomes declensionist, beginning with the race of demigods and ending in the contemporary iron age

関連する語

• declensionism