postscarcity

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

post- +‎ scarcity

Adjective

postscarcity (not comparable)

  1. After the elimination of scarcity; in a time when society has sufficient resources.
    • 2016, Paul Gooding, Historic Newspapers in the Digital Age, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 183:
      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.
    • 2020, Aaron Bastani, Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto‎, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 162:
      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.
    • 2022, China Miéville, chapter 4, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
      A post-scarcity communism that doesn't dispense with all thoughts of the divine and numinous can't be precluded.
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