"technophoria" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of techno- + euphoria Etymology templates: {{blend|en|techno-|euphoria}} Blend of techno- + euphoria Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} technophoria (uncountable)
  1. Excessive enthusiasm for technology, or excessive optimism about its possibilities. Tags: uncountable Related terms: techno-optimism, techno-utopian
    Sense id: en-technophoria-en-noun-EZT0ItLC Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "2011 Philip Doty, \"Privacy, Reading, and Trying Out Identity: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Technological Determinism\", in Privacy in America: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by William Aspray and Philip Doty, Scarecrow Press, p. 240.\nAs is widely recognized, the technophoria of these and similar authors is all too common, with only Castells of the three offering any serious and specific critique of such enthusiasm."
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