Home › Words › D › deceldecel/ˈdiː.sɛl/decel means synonym of decelerationist.decel is pronounced /ˈdiː.sɛl/.EtymologySense 2 is influenced by or derived via blend with incel.nounSynonym of decelerationist.e.g.“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”).” — 2023 November 20, Nitish Pahwa, “What the Heck Just Happened at OpenAI??”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.decelerationist 80% match — A proponent of slowing down the pace of technological and economic progress; one opposed to accelerationism. vs decel →deaccelerate 78% match — Synonym of decelerate. vs decel →decelerationism 75% match — A doctrine of deceleration. vs decel →decelerator 74% match — someone or something that decelerates. vs decel →deceleratory 74% match — Relating to deceleration vs decel →decelerational 71% match — Of, relating to, or caused by deceleration. vs decel →decelerative 69% match — Relating to, or causing deceleration vs decel →deceleration 69% match — The act or process of decelerating. vs decel →