collapsology means The transdisciplinary study of the collapse of industrial civilization, and what might succeed it. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
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COLLAPSOLOGY — [Noun] The transdisciplinary study of the collapse of industrial civilization and what might succeed it. From French collapsologie, from English collapse (from Latin collāpsus, past participle of collābī "to fall together, collapse") + -ology ("study of"), it is the autopsy of a still-breathing patient. Unlike "apocalypticism" (which prophesies doom through divine wrath) or "resilience studies" (which clings to the hope of bouncing back), collapsology maps the brittle fractures in our systems with clinical detachment. It is the quiet hum of a failing power grid, the abandoned shopping mall reclaimed by weeds, and the farmer relearning forgotten seed-saving techniques—each a minor tremor in the slow-motion avalanche of systems too complex to sustain themselves. The discipline does not mourn; it prepares.
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- The transdisciplinary study of the collapse of industrial civilization, and what might succeed it.“This will be the true purpose of collapsology, which we define as the transdisciplinary study of the collapse of our industrial civilization, and what might succeed it, based on the two cognitive modes of reason and intuition and on recognized scientific studies.”