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De-growth lexicon

Posted Wednesday 2 April 2008

This page provides a space for sharing multi-lingual de-growth and related terminology.

Please indicate each time the language and some indication of the meaning (according to you):

Does it relate to "Degrowth" ?: a reduction

Does it relate to "Steady State" ?: an equilibrium

Does it relate to "Lower-growth" ?: decelerated growth

Does it relate to "right-sizing" ?: evolution towards the right size

Does it relate to "Counter-growth" ?: challenging growth

Does it relate to crisis and unvoluntary development? : Recession

Is it meant at the societal, enterprise or personal level?

English: De-growth or Degrowth (at the societal level)

English: downsizing (at the level of an individual entreprise), volontary simplicity (at the personal level), Powerdown, downscaling, contraction, shrinking

French: Décroissance (societal level), simplicité volontaire (personal level)

Italian: Decrescita (societal level)

Catalan: Decreixement (societal level)

German: Schrumpfung (societal level), entwachstum

English: Steady state (at the societal level)

French: Etat stationnaire, équilibre

English: Reduced growth

English: lower growth, downshifting (more personal level)

English: counter-growth

French: anti-croissance, other meaning of décroissance (decroissance creating a chock for culture change)


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