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decelerationist

noun

Etymology

From deceleration + -ist.

  1. derived from accelerātiō
  2. derived from accélération
  3. prefixed as deceleration — “de + acceleration”
  4. suffixed as decelerationist — “deceleration + ist”

Definitions

  1. A proponent of slowing down the pace of technological and economic progress

    A proponent of slowing down the pace of technological and economic progress; one opposed to accelerationism.

    • Decelerationists have the utopian fantasy that we all could dedicate ourselves to doing pottery in Tuscany all the time, but this is not how life works.

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