postscarcity

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adjective

After the elimination of scarcity; in a time when society has sufficient resources.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectivepostscarcity (not comparable)

alternative post-scarcity

  1. not comparableAfter the elimination of scarcity; in a time when society has sufficient resources.

    A post-scarcity communism that doesn't dispense with all thoughts of the divine and numinous can't be precluded.

    2022, China Miéville, chapter 4, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC
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    Aguilar-Millan et al. published an ambitious flight of fancy which explored the “post-scarcity world” of 2050 in light of technical advancements which they argue will decrease costs to providers until almost everything becomes free to the end user.

    2016, Paul Gooding, Historic Newspapers in the Digital Age, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 183

    Forget post-scarcity. Between rising populations, climate change, a dearth of fresh water and stretched bio-capacity, just avoiding widespread famine by the middle of this century would represent an astonishing achievement.

    2020, Aaron Bastani, Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 162

Origin

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“postscarcity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postscarcity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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