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declinism

belief that a society or institution is tending towards decline
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declinism

Summary

declinism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • declinism's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[2].
  • declinism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012njrp2[3].
  • declinism's has cause is recorded as rosy retrospection[4].
  • declinism's described by source is recorded as The Decline of the West. By Oswald Spengler. Vol. II: pp. xi + 507 + xxxii. London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. 21s[5].
  • declinism's described by source is recorded as The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire[6].
  • declinism's BBC Things ID is recorded as 163b3289-0039-49a2-a787-3b0adb722b3e[7].
  • declinism's different from is recorded as decline[8].

Why It Matters

declinism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[1] declinism has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] declinism is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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