"technophobia" meaning in English

See technophobia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: technophobias [plural]
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  1. A fear of new technologies. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: cyberphobia Related terms: technophobe, technophobic, neo-Luddism Coordinate_terms: technopessimism, technodeterminism, techno-futurism 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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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "technophobe"
    },
    {
      "word": "technophobic"
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    {
      "word": "neo-Luddism"
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          "word": "technophilia"
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          "word": "technophoria"
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          "word": "techno-utopianism"
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          "word": "technopessimism"
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        {
          "word": "technodeterminism"
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          "word": "techno-futurism"
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          "text": "Near-synonym: cyberphobia"
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              140,
              152
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          "ref": "1995 July, Bob Ickes, “Die, Computer, Die!”, in New York, →ISSN, page 24:",
          "text": "But on one major point, neo-Luddites agree: They would loathe computerization even if hordes of unwitting neo-Luddites hadn't suddenly made technophobia so trendy.",
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          "ref": "2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 121:",
          "text": "I learned that, as Jane approached discharge, I would attend pump class, to learn how to program pumps in our apartment and infuse Jane with water, food, and drugs. My technophobia covered its eyes.",
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        "A fear of new technologies."
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          "word": "cyberphobia"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "fear of new technologies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "technophobie"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "fear of new technologies",
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      "word": "Technikphobie"
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      "sense": "fear of new technologies",
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      "lang": "Polish",
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      "sense": "fear of new technologies",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "technofobia"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "sense": "fear of new technologies",
      "tags": [
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