"technophobia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: technophobias [plural]
Etymology: From techno- + -phobia. Etymology templates: {{af|en|techno-|-phobia}} techno- + -phobia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} technophobia (countable and uncountable, plural technophobias)
  1. A fear of new technologies. Wikipedia link: technophobia Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: technophobe, technophobic, neo-Luddism Coordinate_terms: technopessimism#Noun, technodeterminism#Noun, techno-futurism#Noun Translations (fear of new technologies): technophobie [feminine] (French), Technikphobie [feminine] (German), τεχνοφοβία (technofovía) [feminine] (Greek), technofobia [feminine] (Polish), tehnofobie [feminine] (Romanian)

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