"declinism" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007 May 13, Walter Isaacson, “The Empire in the Mirror”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Laudably, he [Cullen Murphy] ends on some optimistic notes, and some prescriptions, rather than wallowing in declinism.",
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          "text": "Instead, declinism ruled—the belief that Britain was in a state of terminal, irreversible decline being widely shared, and—as glam has demonstrated—frequently and forcibly expressed.",
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        "A pessimistic belief that things are in decline."
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