degrowth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A negative growth (i.e. a reduction) of an economy or a population.
  2. A political, economic, and social movement based on ecological economics and anticonsumerist and anticapitalist ideas.

Word forms

degrowth degrowths

Etymology

From de- + growth, a calque of French décroissance.

Derived words

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