postscarcity

English

Alternative forms

• post-scarcity

Etymology

From 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^[1], 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.