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degrowther en · NOUN

Etymology

From degrowth + -er.

Meanings

1. A proponent of the degrowth movement.
   • Degrowthers insist that we must find ways of living and working that do not require our economies to endlessly expand. 2020 April 24, Lola Seaton, “In the midst of an economic crisis, can 'degrowth' provide an answer?”, in The Guardian:
   • Its reliance on anecdotes and inspirational stories invites the unflattering assessment of the book as a kind of ‘chicken-soup for the degrowther’s soul’ rather than a serious analysis of how degrowth would actually work in terms of major shifts in the economic system. 2023 February, Larry Alan Busk, “Degrowth and the Future of Capitalism: A Critical Review of Recent Literature”, in Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis, volume 2, number 1, page 4:
   • In the view of degrowthers, humanity simply does not have the capacity to phase out fossil fuels and meet the ever-growing demand of rich economies. 2021 September 16, Spencer Bokat-Lindell, “Do We Need to Shrink the Economy to Stop Climate Change?”, in The New York Times:
   • “I am not a degrowther. I think things can be greater than they have been and [that improvement]^([sic]) will come through abundance. Improvement will come through investing in healthcare, communities, and homes. It will come through thinking about immigration through a different lens. There is a world where we can have much more than we do now, but that world can only come through spending money and growth,” she said. 2025 May 21, Shreeda Segan, quoting Kyla Scanlon, “The Gen Zer Making Capitalism Cool Again”, in The Free Press:

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