decelerationist
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decelerationist
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From deceleration + -ist.
noun decelerationists
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A proponent of slowing down the pace of technological and economic progress; one opposed to accelerationism.
The decelerationists, to the contrary, follow E.F. Schumacher, Kirkpatrick Sale and others (including a variety of Protestant denominations) in the belief that slowing down the technocultural and political economic pace, by engaging in local forms of democracy, will render global and national econom
Similar: decel · Opposite: accelerationist
adjective more decelerationist · most decelerationist
- Of, relating to, or favoring decelerationism; advocating for slowing down the pace of technological or economic progress. First, it implies that capability decelerationist and knowledge accelerationist policy goals are in direct conflict with one another.
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| 中文 | 減速主義者 /减速主义者 jiǎnsùzhǔyìzhě |
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Talk about this word "decelerationist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/decelerationist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. decelerationist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/decelerationist "decelerationist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/decelerationist.Cite this
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title = {decelerationist},
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