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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

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2025

"The rise of accelerationist ideology and doctrine during the past decade likely fueled the increased risk of attack plots," the authors report.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 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

Yet it was in France in the late 1960s that accelerationist ideas were first developed in a sustained way.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2017

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