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peakism

peakism noun: the belief that the world has reached peak oil.

Noun

peakism (uncountable)

  1. The belief that the world has reached peak oil.
    • Specifically, peakism is marked by many of the same characteristics of recognized ideologies, including internal coherence, intellectual abstractness, specificity, sophistication, dogmatism, and affective investment.2015, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture, page 18
    • Peak oil bashing is not entirely the province of the petroleum industry: a very few leftist writers have argued that peakism is a conspiracy covertly organized by the industry itself to talk up prices (and profits) through invoking a false anticipation of scarcity.2015, Richard Heinberg, Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels

Origin of peakism

From peak + -ism, where "peak" refers to peak oil.

Questions about peakism

What does peakism mean?
Peakism means the belief that the world has reached peak oil.
What part of speech is peakism?
Peakism is a noun.

Words near peakism in the dictionary

  1. peaking
  2. peakings
  3. Peakirk
  4. peakish
  5. peakishness
  6. peakism
  7. peakist
  8. peakists
  9. peakless
  10. peaklessness
  11. peaklet

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