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单词 extropianism
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Extropianismn.

Brit. /ɛksˈtrəʊpɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ɛksˈtroʊpiənɪz(ə)m/, /ɪksˈtroʊpiənɪz(ə)m/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: extropian n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < extropian n. + -ism suffix, perhaps after utopianism n.
The philosophy of extropians; the belief that cultural and technological development tends to oppose, and will overcome, entropy.The Extropy Institute, founded in California in 1988, has defined seven Extropian Principles which codify the philosophy. They are: perpetual progress, self-transformation, practical optimism, intelligent technology, open society, self-direction, and rational thinking.
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1990 Extropy Summer 6/1 Extropianism—the form of transhumanism being developed here—moves beyond humanism, focusing on our evolutionary future.
1994 Guardian 22 Sept. (OnLine section) 5/5 Extropianism is a philosophy with five beliefs: Boundless Expansion, Self-Transformation, Dynamic Optimism, Intelligent Technology and Spontaneous Order ( best do it so).
1997 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Sept. vi. 84/1 [The] futuristic philosophy that guides their lives..[is] called Extropianism—as in, ‘away from entropy’—and its 3,000 or so adherents long for a day when technology, in various ways, will carry people past the limits of the human body.
2000 Observer (Nexis) 31 Dec. (Life Suppl.) 18 A healthy fringe of cultish pseudo-philosophies, with names like Transhumanism and Extropianism,..welcome the prospect of biological and neurological augmentation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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