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pretechnological

pretechnological adjective: prior to the advent of modern technology.

Adjective

pretechnological (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the advent of modern technology.
    • He frequently set his stories in a pretechnological past and was easily enthralled by the authority of ancient texts.2008 January 6, Noam Cohen, “Borges and the Foreseeable Future”, in New York Times

Origin of pretechnological

From pre- + technological.

Questions about pretechnological

What does pretechnological mean?
Pretechnological means prior to the advent of modern technology.
What part of speech is pretechnological?
Pretechnological is an adjective.

Words near pretechnological in the dictionary

  1. pretaxes
  2. pretaxing
  3. pretazettine
  4. Prete
  5. pretechnical
  6. pretechnological
  7. pretecta
  8. pretectal
  9. pretectonic
  10. pretectum
  11. preteen

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