accelerationist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
acceleration + -ist
Noun[edit]
accelerationist (plural accelerationists)
- A proponent of accelerationism.
- Antonym: decelerationist
- 2017 May 11, Andy Beckett, “Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Accelerationists argue that technology, particularly computer technology, and capitalism, particularly the most aggressive, global variety, should be massively sped up and intensified – either because this is the best way forward for humanity, or because there is no alternative.
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proponent of accelerationism
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Adjective[edit]
accelerationist (comparative more accelerationist, superlative most accelerationist)
- Relating to accelerationism.
- accelerationist politics
- 2022 August 11, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Stop Putting Lasers in Joe Biden’s Eyes”, in The Atlantic[2]:
- The aesthetics at play were a bit antidemocratic, accelerationist, what have you; and mainstream coverage of the trend from this past spring cited propaganda experts on its allegedly alarming implications.
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