Dictionary

accelerationist en · ADJ

Etymology

From acceleration + -ist.

Meanings

1. Relating to accelerationism.
   • The aesthetics at play were a bit antidemocratic, accelerationist, what have you; and mainstream coverage of the trend from this past spring cited propaganda experts on its allegedly alarming implications. 2022 August 11, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Stop Putting Lasers in Joe Biden’s Eyes”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2022:
   • accelerationist politics
   • They describe the Base as an “accelerationist” organization, seeking to speed the collapse of the country and give rise to a state of its own in the Pacific Northwest by killing minorities, particularly African-Americans and Jews. 2020 January 22, Neil MacFarquhar, Adam Goldman, “A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the ‘Base’”, in New York Times:
   • He suspects that the plotters have fairly standard anti-elite views with antisemitic and accelerationist characteristics. 2026 June 27, J. Oliver Conroy, “The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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Translations (2)

de akzelerationistisch (Translations) · cmn 加速主義的 /加速主义的 (Translations)

accelerationist en · NOUN

Etymology

From acceleration + -ist.

Meanings

1. A proponent of accelerationism.
   • Accelerationists argue that technology, particularly computer technology, and capitalism, particularly the most aggressive, global variety, should be massively sped up and intensified – either because this is the best way forward for humanity, or because there is no alternative. […] Occasionally, accelerationists have held teaching posts at universities. […] “We all live in an operating system set up by the accelerating triad of war, capitalism and emergent AI,” says Steve Goodman, a British accelerationist who has even smuggled its self-consciously dramatic ideas into dance music, via an acclaimed record label, Hyperdub. 2017 May 11, Andy Beckett, “Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2025:
   • So, should policy makers be pleased by current low levels of inflation — as the inflation targeters would suggest — or are the accelerationists right to be worried by the fact that wage growth may be rising? 2015 November 7, Justin Wolfers, “Is the Economy Overheating? Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Say”, in New York Times:

Forms

Antonyms

decelerationist

Deriveds

effective accelerationist

Translations (2)

cmn 加速主義者 /加速主义者 (proponent of accelerationism) · de Akzelerist (proponent of accelerationism)