Decelerationist

Quick meaning: Decelerationist is a noun meaning (uncommon) A proponent of slowing down the pace of technological and economic progress; one opposed to accelerationism.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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.

Of the three people who are often called the godfathers of A.I.[…]the first two have recently become evangelical decelerationists, convinced that we are on track to build superintelligent machines before we figure out how to make sure that they're aligned with our interests.

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 economic structures irrelevant.

Word Forms

• decelerationists

Synonyms for decelerationist

Depending on context, synonyms include decel.

Antonyms for decelerationist

Common opposites include accelerationist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include accelerationist, progressive.

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