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declinarian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-cli-nar-i-an
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Derogatory

Etymology

From decline + -arian.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

declinarians (plural)

Questions

What does declinarian mean?
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.
Where does declinarian come from?
From decline + -arian.

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