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脱成長 (datsuseichou) Japanese meaning: degrowth | Kotomora

脱だつ成せい長ちょう

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Meanings

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degrowth

A socio-economic concept advocating for the reduction of production and consumption to achieve ecological sustainability and social justice. Often used in academic, activist, and policy contexts.

脱だつ成せい長ちょうは、GDPの増ぞう加かを目もく標ひょうとしない経けい済ざいモデル

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Degrowth advocates an economic model that does not aim for GDP growth.

環かん境きょう保ほ護ごの文ぶん脈みゃくで、脱だつ成せい長ちょうという言こと葉ばがよく使つかわれる。

In the context of environmental protection, the term degrowth is often used.

Kanji

脱undress, removing, escape from
成turn into, become, get
長long, leader, superior

Related words

成せい長ちょう
Means 'growth' or 'development'. 脱成長 is the negation or opposition to this concept.
持じ続ぞく可か能のうな開かい発はつ
Means 'sustainable development'. While related, 脱成長 goes further by questioning the very idea of continuous economic growth.

Built from

脱だつ+成せい長ちょう

Etymology

Compound of 脱 (datsu, 'de-' or 'escape from') and 成長 (seichō, 'growth'). A calque of the English term 'degrowth', which itself originated from French 'décroissance'.