cyberphobia
cyberphobia noun: fear of computers and technology.
Noun
cyberphobia (uncountable)
- Fear of computers and technology.
- Near-synonyms: computerphobia, technophobia, technofear, Internetphobia
- Overcoming cyberphobia is not easy, but any effort to automate professionals must address their resistance and concerns or be doomed to failure.1982 Oct 3, Bruce E. Bergen, Increasing Proudctivity and Comfort, in New York Times, pAS26
- Synonyms:
- computerphobia, technophobia, technofear, Internetphobia
- Antonyms:
- technophilia, technophoria, techno-utopianism, techno-optimism
cyberphobia meaning in Tamil
cyberphobia in Tamil
- மின்வெளி அச்சம்
Examples of cyberphobia in a sentence
- Past studies have been performed to investigate the phenomena^([sic]) of cyberphobia, to measure cyberphobia, and to examine the demographic and psychological variables related to cyberphobia […]1991, T. B. Barrier, “Assessing the Role of Cyberphobia”, in Managing Information Technology in a Global Society, page 169:
- Moreover most young people who have grown up with computers find this cyberphobia difficult to understand.2001, Donald Hugh Parkerson, Jo Ann Parkerson, Transitions in American Education, page 213:
Synonyms of cyberphobia
Antonyms
Origin of cyberphobia
From cyber- + -phobia.
Questions about cyberphobia
- What does cyberphobia mean?
- Cyberphobia means fear of computers and technology.
- What is cyberphobia in Tamil?
- Cyberphobia in Tamil is மின்வெளி அச்சம். See Cyberphobia meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use cyberphobia in a sentence?
- Past studies have been performed to investigate the phenomena^([sic]) of cyberphobia, to measure cyberphobia, and to examine the demographic and psychological variables related to cyberphobia […]
- What part of speech is cyberphobia?
- Cyberphobia is a noun.
Words near cyberphobia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cyberphobia (page history and authors); cyberphobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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