单词 | deteriorationist |
释义 | > as lemmasdeterioˈrationist deterioˈrationist n. one who holds that deterioration, not progress, is the order of things. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun] > a pessimist deteriorationist1816 pessimist1827 degenerationist1871 Calamity Jane1876 catastrophist1879 miserabilist1986 Debbie Downer2004 1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall i. 6 Mr. Escot, the deteriorationist. 1861 Westm. Rev. Apr. 591 In the true tone of the deteriorationist who amused everyone so much thirty years since. 1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 740 Mr. Foster..the perfectibilist, and Mr. Escot..the deteriorationist, take sides so opposite on the subject of human life. < as lemmas |
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