declension
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9.0
- noun
- /dɪˈklɛnʃən/
:
declive
- The company's recent declension in profits has raised concerns among its shareholders.
Examples
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The literature of the United States is full of fears of declension, of writers, politicians, and ministers wringing their hands at our impending fall.
Academic text (2008) -
"Vulgarization": The Discourse of Declension
Academic text (1994) -
Any declension from the ideal or defect in any of its parts is enough to vitiate the whole.
Academic text (1997) -
As in many other cultural pursuits, the expansion of tourism was paralleled by criticisms of "vulgatization," declension, or even "conglomerated mediocrity."
Academic text (1994) -
I wouldn't be the first or last blogger to point out that this narrative of declension is rather simplistic, but we'll move on, understanding that Phelan was working within a word limit and didn't have time to interrogate such claims, if he wanted to do so.
Blog text (8) -
By substituting for actual difference only so many declensions from an a priori model or type, the extent and range of difference is effectively circumscribed—even if that model is purely ideal and inductively produced by the unfolding of the series.
Academic text (1997) -
Many experts believe that the city's economic declension is due to the lack of investment in infrastructure.
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The professor warned his students about the cultural declension that could happen without proper education.
Synonyms
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3.9
A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value
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4.5
The gradual loss of strength or good condition over time
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5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
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6.8
The process of making land, water, or buildings worse over time
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7.5
A process of becoming worse in condition, quality, or morals
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8.3
A slow decline from a higher to a lower state in quality or power
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3.9
A fall in how good something is over time
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5.1
A movement back that makes something farther from where it was before
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4.2
A change where something becomes worse over time
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8.9
A change back to an earlier, worse state in a country or system
A slow change that makes something worse
A slow fall in condition, status, or behaviour
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Forms of words like nouns and adjectives used for masculine gender in a language
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Declension comes from the same Latin declinare (with de- 'down' and clinare 'to bend') and is like the word decline, which means to go down. So declension can also mean a process of going down or getting worse.