decelerationist

A decelerationist (decel for short) is someone who believes in the curtailment, censorship or condemnation of advances in technology or philosophy in the interest of emotional comfort. Frequently, decelerationists’ solutions involve self-regulation, self-censorship or regulation at a national government level. Not to be confused with a Luddite.

A popular decel opinion in 2023 is that AI chatbots and image generators need to be programmed to prevent offensive materials from being created, because the dissemination of those materials would hurt people’s feelings.

If person A thinks players in a multiplayer video game should be prevented by the game’s code from ganging up on Player X because Player X would feel upset about it, then person B could correctly say that A is a decelerationist.

by eacc October 12, 2023

Decolonise

The process of removing excrement from the large intestine.
Alternate meaning: The process of getting rid of misguided left wing woke tossers, who talk excrement all the time

My boss is planning to decolonise our office by sacking all those woke tossers who talk nothing but shit all the time!

by Old Runner November 18, 2023

decleab

To denounce someone declaration or offer.

“Sir, I must decleab you’re offer of more champagne”

by Goofylilguy47 March 2, 2025

Decleptic

(Adj.) Inherently subjective and private; incapable of being fully measured or understood from an external perspective. Unlike traditional encryption, which is applied, a decleptic experience is secure by its very nature (e.g., the "qualia" of a dream).

Etymology

A 21st-century neologism, coined from the following parts:

• de-: A Latin prefix signifying "away from," "apart," "removal of," or "reversal."

• -cleptic: A creative suffix blending two Greek roots:

• Greek kryptós (κρυπτός), meaning "hidden, secret" (the root of cryptic).

• Greek kléptein (κλέπτειν), meaning "to steal" (the root of kleptomania).

"Consciousness is a decleptic phenomenon; no amount of brain scanning can reveal the true qualia of another's subjective thoughts or experience."

"No matter how advanced our technology becomes, the way I experience the color blue remains decleptic—it is a private sanctuary of my own consciousness that no one else can truly enter or 'steal'."

by Life Iken March 1, 2026

Declepticism

(Noun) The philosophical belief that true cognitive origins are "removed from the possibility of being stolen" and can only be understood by transcending physical reality; the fundamental acceptance that we cannot know our true cognitive and conscious origin without first fully transending our physical reality. That is to say, by allowing the cognitive release of our substance: death of body.

"A core belief in Declepticism is that the death of body is the freeing of spirit."

Etymology

See: Decleptic

by Life Iken March 8, 2026

Decolonial Theory

A critical framework that analyzes the ongoing legacies of colonialism and argues for the decolonization of knowledge, power, and being itself. Decolonial theory goes beyond postcolonialism's focus on cultural hybridity and representation to examine the deeper structures—the "coloniality of power"—that persist long after formal independence. It argues that colonialism didn't just conquer territories but conquered ways of knowing, ways of valuing, ways of being human—and that genuine liberation requires decolonizing all of these. Decolonial theorists draw on Indigenous, African, Latin American, and other non-Western intellectual traditions to imagine worlds beyond Western dominance. The theory is not just critique but construction: it seeks not only to identify coloniality but to build alternatives.

Example: "She wasn't just criticizing Western education—she was practicing Decolonial Theory, asking what education might look like if it centered Indigenous ways of knowing rather than treating them as folklore."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Decolonial Afrocentrism Theory

A theoretical synthesis that brings together Afrocentric perspectives, decolonial analysis, and critical theory to understand and challenge the specific forms of oppression facing African and African diaspora peoples. Decolonial Afrocentrism Theory centers Africa in the analysis of coloniality, examining how the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, and ongoing neocolonialism have structured not just African history but the modern world system. It uses decolonial tools to analyze how Western dominance has shaped knowledge about Africa, and Afrocentric tools to recover suppressed perspectives. The synthesis is powerful: decolonial theory provides the framework for analyzing coloniality; Afrocentrism ensures that framework centers African experience; critical theory adds tools for understanding how power operates through ideology, economy, and culture.

Example: "Her work showed how colonial anthropology created 'Africa' as a category of lack—Decolonial Afrocentrism Theory, using multiple critical traditions to understand and challenge a specific history of oppression."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026