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.

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Etymology

Origin of accelerationist

acceleration + -ist

Example Sentences

Yeah, because I think you could take the same set of facts and you could make a different argument, which is an argument I’d call an accelerationist argument.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2025

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

"Such accelerationist groups are widespread and proliferating," they said in a court filing.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2021

Steve Goodman set up the electronic music label Hyperdub in 2004, and began releasing skeletal, ominous dubstep records, by the lauded south London artist Burial among others, sometimes with accelerationist messages deep within.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2017