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ephemeralization

The English word “ephemeralization” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The process of making something ephemeral.
  2. A technological progression towards being able to do more and more work with fewer resources.

Etymology

From ephemeral + -ization. In the technological sense, coined by Richard Buckminster Fuller in 1938.

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