Technophobia

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fear of new technologies. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: cyberphobia"

  2. 2
    dislike for new technology wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
cyberpessimismcyberphobiatechnopessimism

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From techno- + -phobia.

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