protsessimist

Protsessimist is a term used to describe a practitioner or advocate of protsessism, a contemporary stance that treats processes as fundamental to reality, knowledge, and action. The word functions as a neologism and is used mainly in niche academic discussions, speculative fiction, and occasional essays. A protsessist emphasizes dynamic change over fixed outcomes and investigates how sequences, interactions, and transformations shape systems over time.

In philosophy, protsessism aligns with process-oriented approaches that privilege becoming, emergence, and relationality, drawing on but distinct from classic process philosophy. In social science and management, protsessists study processes—how tasks unfold, how networks reconfigure, and how feedback loops guide adaptation—often employing process mapping, iterative design, and experiential learning. In design and software, protsessism supports agile, iterative, and user-centered practices that treat products as evolving processes rather than finished artifacts.

Critics argue that protsessism can be vague or overlapping with existing process theories and that its claims risk lacking precise criteria for adjudicating competing processes. Proponents respond that the framework helps account for complexity, interdependence, and change across disciplines.

There are no widely recognized figures associated with an established protsessist school; the term is typically encountered as a conceptual label in discussions of process-oriented thought or fictional settings. Related concepts include process philosophy, processual analysis, systems thinking, and agile methodology.