deteriorationism
A belief that things tend to grow progressively worseA belief that things tend to grow progressively worse.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A belief that things tend to grow progressively worse.
Origin
From deterioration + -ism.From deterioration + -ism.
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Word family
2 related wordsRelateddeclinism
Deriveddeteriorationist
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable