declension (en)

(noun) a falling off or away; deterioration / (noun) descent slope

fomenting (en)

(verb) to promote the growth or development of; rouse incite

immanence (en)

philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world

reifying (en)

make (something abstract) more concrete or real

reifying (en)

make (something abstract) more concrete or real

Émile Durkheim (en)

a French sociologist (1858-1917) who formally established the academic discipline and—with Karl Marx and Max Weber—is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science