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脱成長 (だつせいちょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
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.
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 Similar 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.
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'.
