Dictionary

decel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdi.sɛl/ (General-American)
• /ˈdiː.sɛl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Sense 2 is influenced by or derived via blend with incel.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable, uncountable) Clipping of deceleration.
   alt of deceleration
   • Mountainhead plays out less like a drama between four tenuously connected, very rich friends, and more like a random word generator of tech and finance bro jargon – decel (deceleration, as in AI), p(doom) (the probability of an AI apocalypse), first principles. [2025 June 2, Adrian Horton, “Tech-bro satire Mountainhead is an insufferable disappointment”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
2. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Synonym of decelerationist.
   • Beginning in summer 2022, such posters shared manifestos of an “e/acc” ideology squarely opposed to A.I. fearmongerers like the effective altruists and their fellow “decels” (aka “decelerationists”). 2023 November 20, Nitish Pahwa, “What the Heck Just Happened at OpenAI??”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

e/acc · e/acc

Synonyms

decelerationist