declinarian

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English

Etymology

From decline +‎ -arian.

Noun

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.