singularitarian

S1I1N1G2U1L1A1R1I1T1A1R1I1A1N1
UK/ˌsɪŋ.ɡjʊˌlæɹɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/US/ˌsɪŋ.ɡjəˌlɛɹəˈtɛɹi.ən/

noun

Someone who supports the technological singularity theory.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

singularitarian1

nounsingularitarian (plural singularitarians)

plural singularitarians

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Singularitarian.

Singularitarian2

nounSingularitarian (plural Singularitarians)

plural Singularitarians · alternative singularitarian

  1. rareSomeone who supports the technological singularity theory.
    1 more example

    Rather, Kurzweil writes, he became a Singularitarian as a result of “practical” efforts to make “optimal tactical decisions in launching technology enterprises.” Startups showed him the way! Being a Singularitarian, Kurzweil claims, “is not a matter of faith but one of understanding.” This is a refrain Singularitarians share with Scientologists, for L. Ron Hubbard always marketed his doctrines as “technology”.

    2018, Corey Pein, chapter VIII, in Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN
adjectiveSingularitarian (comparative more Singularitarian, superlative most Singularitarian)

comparative more Singularitarian · superlative most Singularitarian · alternative singularitarian

  1. Relating to the technological singularity theory.

    “The Coming Technological Singularity” has often been credited with launching a so-called Singularitarian movement.

    2010, Jonathon Keats, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142
    1 more example

    There was always something fundamentally misanthropic about the Singularitarian vision, with its drive for the elimination of the body and its echoes of Christian millenarianism.

    2018, Corey Pein, chapter VIII, in Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN

Origin

From Singularity + -arian, popularized by Ray Kurzweil who credits the term to the extropian Mark Plus (1991).

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with singularitarian

All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

singularitarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singularitarian

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “singularitarian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singularitarian.

Source: singularitarian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.