degrowth
Americannoun
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an economic policy centering lower levels of consumption and production with a view towards environmental and economic sustainability.
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a decrease in size, value, or quantity.
Example Sentences
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I repeat again because this is open to misunderstanding that degrowth denies technology to try to go back to nature or something like that.
From Salon ● May 3, 2024
My idea of degrowth is much more challenging because the degrowth doesn't seek after continuous growth of the economic pie.
From Salon ● May 3, 2024
And my idea of degrowth is not a negation of technology.
From Salon ● May 3, 2024
One of these initiatives is Cyclonomia, a self-organizing do-it-yourself bicycle cooperative that operates along degrowth principles of conviviality, cooperation, mutual support and sharing.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 11, 2022
In other words, degrowth is to growth as quality is to quantity.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 11, 2022
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