Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decel

/ˈdi.sɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: de-cel
IPA: /ˈdi.sɛl/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clipping of deceleration.

Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of decelerationist.

Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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”)."

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdi.sɛl/
British English: /ˈdiː.sɛl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

decels (plural)

Synonyms

decelerationist

Antonyms

e/acc

Questions

How do you pronounce decel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdi.sɛl/.
What does decel mean?: Clipping of deceleration.
Where does decel come from?: Sense 2 is influenced by or derived via blend with incel.

How to pronounce decel

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