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degrowth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
de-growth
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A negative growth (i.e. a reduction) of an economy or a population.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A political, economic, and social movement based on ecological economics and anticonsumerist and anticapitalist ideas.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

degrowths (plural)

Derived Forms

degrowther

Questions

What does degrowth mean?
A negative growth (i.e. a reduction) of an economy or a population.
Where does degrowth come from?
From de- + growth, a calque of French décroissance.

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