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technetronic

technetronic adjective: relating to computers and communications technologies as a means of transforming society.

Adjective

technetronic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to computers and communications technologies as a means of transforming society.

Origin of technetronic

Blend of technology + electronic, coined by Zbigniew Brzezinski in Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era (1970).

Questions about technetronic

What does technetronic mean?
Technetronic means relating to computers and communications technologies as a means of transforming society.
What part of speech is technetronic?
Technetronic is an adjective.

Words near technetronic in the dictionary

  1. technetium
  2. technetium cow
  3. technetium cows
  4. technetium star
  5. technetium stars
  6. technetronic
  7. techni-
  8. technibaryon
  9. technibaryons
  10. technic
  11. technical

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