Spengler
noun
Oswald 1880–1936, German philosopher.
Spenglerian
-
a word derived from
Spengler.
Example Sentences
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After all, Luce and Emmott do not envision a benign post-American world where rising powers create economic opportunities for all; theirs is a more Spenglerian view of civilizational decline.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2017
"Ta" was used in TS Eliot's The Waste Land as the poet parodied lower-class London speech to suggest, perhaps, a Spenglerian decline in values of English usage.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2013
The very idea of decadence, with all its fleshly titillations and metaphysical phosphorescence, excites that kind of Spenglerian anxiety.
From Time Magazine Archive
But ask again, on a dull, gray, Spenglerian day, and the view is altogether different.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Spenglerian perspective is based on the assumption of a normal pattern in the growth and decline of civilizations.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing
