downsliden.
/ˈdaʊnslʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌslaɪd/ A downward slide; a rapid decline, a downturn.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition
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fallc1225
declinea1327
downfallingc1330
downfalla1400
fall of mana1400
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wrack1426
inclinationc1450
declination1533
labefactation1535
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falling off1577
declining1581
inclining1590
declension1604
downset1608
neck-breaka1658
overseta1658
lapsing1665
reducement1667
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labefaction1792
downshift1839
subsidence1839
downgrade1857
downturn1858
downslide1889
downswing1922
turn-down1957
tail-off1975
the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > rapid
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1889 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 11 Jan. (Evening ed.) The price down-slide has nothing to do with qualities.
1926 D. H. Lawrence David xiii. 100 The downslide of his hate is great.
1966 Listener 8 Sept. 337/2 A downslide in foreign confidence.
1993 Independent on Sunday 4 Apr. 21/4 I realise I am teetering on a precipice, which may be the start of a downslide in the quality of my life.
2016 Wall Street Jrnl. 26 Feb. d6 My downslide started around 1983, when Warner Bros. records dropped me just as I finished a new album.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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