degrowth

English

Etymology

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

Noun

degrowth (countable and uncountable, plural degrowths)

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.

Derived terms

• degrowther

Translations

negative growth

• Catalan: decreixement m
• Dutch: degrowth
• French: décroissance (fr)
• German: Wachstumsrücknahme f, Postwachstum
• Greek: αποανάπτυξη (el) f (apoanáptyxi)
• Italian: decrescita (it) f
• Portuguese: decrescimento (pt)
• Russian: антирост (ru) m (antirost)
• Spanish: decrecimiento
• Swedish: nerväxt c
• Turkish: küçülme (tr)

Anagrams

• edgrowth