pejorism

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noun

The belief that the world is becoming worse.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œIt is pejorism in this sense that Housman conveys: β€˜the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill’” E.E. Sheng; Housman’s Compassionate Didactic; Victorian Poetry (Morgantown, West Virginia); Winter 2020.
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