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accelerationist

American  
[ak-sel-uh-ray-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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Zuckerberg, whose company is racing to catch up to rivals including Anthropic and OpenAI, lends a high-profile accelerationist voice to America’s debate over how to develop and regulate increasingly powerful AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

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.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2025

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

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

How do accelerationist groups and the Boogaloo Boys fit into your model?

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2020

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