declinarian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

decline +‎ -arian

Noun[edit]

declinarian (plural declinarians)

  1. (historical, derogatory) A supporter of Charles Babbage's Reflections on the Decline of Science and some of its Causes (1830), a paper criticizing the failure of government to support scientific research.
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