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techno-fundamentalist

techno-fundamentalist adjective: of or pertaining to techno-fundamentalism.

Adjective

techno-fundamentalist (comparative more techno-fundamentalist, superlative most techno-fundamentalist)

  1. (uncommon) Of or pertaining to techno-fundamentalism.
    • Such heady predictions of technological revolution have become so com¬ mon, so accepted in our techno-fundamentalist culture, that even when John Updike criticized Kelly's vision in an essay published a month later in The New York Times Book Review , he did not so much doubt Kelly's vision of a...2011, Siva Vaidhyanathan, “Copyright Jungle”, in Alison Alexander, Jarice Hanson, editors, Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society, 11th edition, McGraw-Hill, page 107
    • Vaidhyanathan suggests that “techno-fundamentalist” faith in technology has led to much suffering, noting that, for Dante, pride was the gravest of the seven deadly sins.2013, Ken Hillis, Michael Petit, Kylie Jarrett, “Savvy Searchers, Faithful Acolytes, “Don’t be Evil”” (chapter 7), in Google and the Culture of Search, Routledge, page 187

Forms of techno-fundamentalist

comparativemore techno-fundamentalist
superlativemost techno-fundamentalist

Origin of techno-fundamentalist

From techno- + fundamentalist.

Questions about techno-fundamentalist

What does techno-fundamentalist mean?
Techno-fundamentalist means of or pertaining to techno-fundamentalism.
What part of speech is techno-fundamentalist?
Techno-fundamentalist is an adjective.

Words near techno-fundamentalist in the dictionary

  1. techno-feudalism
  2. techno-fix
  3. techno-fixes
  4. techno-fundamentalism
  5. techno-fundamentalisms
  6. techno-fundamentalist
  7. techno-futurism
  8. techno-futurist
  9. techno-futurists
  10. techno-nationalism
  11. techno-optimism

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