endism — (EN.diz.um) n. The belief that something of significant scope and duration, particularly something negative, is coming to an end. endist n., adj. Example Citations: The United States, possessed of so much moral clarity about its ordained place in … New words
Culture (General) — Culture General after party agnotology Anglosphere anti anti American atomic sit ups audism backstory badge ball … New words
Economics — agflation Anglosphere attention economics bionomics brain waste brickor mortis BRICs caponomics … New words
Government — athlete tax carry tax competitive compassion declinism democrazy dollarize endism fast food zoning … New words
Grexit — n. The exit of Greece from the eurozone. [Greece or Greek + exit.] Example Citations: But the fact the damage would be lighter makes such a Grexit more likely. And with Greece currently struggling to secure reform pledges from its public sector… … New words
Politics — astroturf attack fax Baracknophobia birther blue hot Bork businesscrat celeb … New words
boomsayer — (BOOM.say.ur) n. A person who predicts boom times and good news. Also: boom sayer, boom sayer. Example Citation: The State of Humanity is a ringing chorus of good tidings...Thus the volume, tough going in places because of an eye glazing number… … New words
declinism — (di.CLYN.iz.um) n. The belief that something, particularly a country or a political or economic system, is undergoing a significant and possibly irreversible decline. declinist n., adj. Example Citations: The declinists, we might say, will always … New words
peak people — n. A time when the world s population reaches a maximum, after which it steadily declines due to reduced birth rates or global shortages of energy, food, and water. Example Citations: The world is on the threshold of what might be called peak… … New words
virtuous cycle — (VUR.choo.us sy.kul) n. One good thing leads to another. That is, a situation in which improvement in one element of a chain of circumstances leads to improvement in another element, which then leads to further improvement in the original element … New words
the end — by Richard G. Smith Baudrillard s oeuvre is replete with a rampant Endism , or inverted millenarianism , littered throughout with the end of this, that or the other. The end is a recurrent motif throughout his theoretical writings: the end… … The Baudrillard dictionary