degrowther

English

Etymology

degrowth +‎ -er

Noun

degrowther (plural degrowthers)

1. A proponent of the degrowth movement.
   • 2020 April 24, Lola Seaton, “In the midst of an economic crisis, can 'degrowth' provide an answer?”, in The Guardian:

     Degrowthers insist that we must find ways of living and working that do not require our economies to endlessly expand.

   • 2021 September 16, Spencer Bokat-Lindell, “Do We Need to Shrink the Economy to Stop Climate Change?”, in The New York Times:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.