accelerationist

[ak-sel-uh-rey-shuh-nist]

noun

Economics.

1. a person, especially an economist, who advocates or promotes the acceleration principle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of accelerationist¹

acceleration + -ist

Example Sentences

Figures connected to accelerationist groups – organizations that seek to create social chaos and societal collapse that they believe will lead to a race war and the destruction of liberal democracy – played a role in founding the Active Club network.

Read more on Salon

Yeah, because I think you could take the same set of facts and you could make a different argument, which is an argument I’d call an accelerationist argument.

Read more on Slate

Now, you’re playing with fire—there’s a reason it’s called an accelerationist argument, right?

Read more on Slate

I wouldn’t put it in precisely accelerationist terms.

Read more on Slate

Police say it is part of a loose, international network of far-right extremist groups that have adopted what officers call "militant accelerationist ideology".

Read more on BBC