@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix sco: <http://ontextract.org/sco#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .

sco:Decline a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "Decline" ;
    dcterms:bibliographicCitation "Tahmasebi et al. (2021): 'obsolete words slide into obscurity'." ;
    rdfs:comment "Meaning becomes obsolete, archaic, or significantly less frequent in usage." ;
    rdfs:subClassOf sco:SemanticChangeEvent ;
    skos:definition "The process by which a particular sense or meaning of a term becomes progressively less common, eventually reaching obsolescence." ;
    skos:example "Decline of 'computer' as human occupation after widespread adoption of electronic computers." .