deteriorationism
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deteriorationism (uncountable)
- A belief that things tend to grow progressively worse.
- 1985, Bryan Burns, The novels of Thomas Love Peacock:
- Emotionally, Peacock was always drawn to deteriorationism, and in this novel he seems to feel that every facet of public life has grown more corrupt.