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accelerationist

American  
[ak-sel-uh-rey-shuh-nist] / ækˌsɛl əˈreɪ ʃə nɪst /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of accelerationist

acceleration + -ist

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The supermarket worker, from Great Notley in Essex, was described in court as a "militant accelerationist" who had been radicalised online from the age of 14.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

"You really have to look at all the indicators that this accelerationist ideology has taken hold," said Jill Garvey, chief of staff at Western States Center.

From Salon Mar. 4, 2023

But the core, accelerationist concept remains: a ploy to surpass capitalism by making more of it.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2022

The dominant, if there is a dominant Silicon Valley view, is normally accelerationist about technology because they see, wow, all the great things that technology can bring.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2022

Steve Goodman set up the electronic music label Hyperdub in 2004, and began releasing skeletal, ominous dubstep records, by the lauded south London artist Burial among others, sometimes with accelerationist messages deep within.

From The Guardian May 11, 2017

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