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techno-futurism

techno-futurism noun: the belief in and pursuit of new and speculative technological solutions to problems and to the extension or betterment of life.

Noun

techno-futurism (uncountable)

  1. The belief in and pursuit of new and speculative technological solutions to problems and to the extension or betterment of life.
    • Techno-futurism is an extreme scientism, in the sense of treating science as superior to all other forms of knowledge and culture and as holding the answers to all human problems.2016, Charles Thorpe, Necroculture, page 120
    • This techno-futurism is telling the Taiwanese people a technological science story about hopes, threats, and relations.2018, Kuan-Hung Lo, “Selling Techno-futurism: Exploring Pepper's Images and Discourses Taiwanese News Media Make”, in Adrian David Cheok, David Levy, editor, Love and Sex with Robots, page 83

Origin of techno-futurism

From techno- + future + -ism.

Questions about techno-futurism

What does techno-futurism mean?
Techno-futurism means the belief in and pursuit of new and speculative technological solutions to problems and to the extension or betterment of life.
What part of speech is techno-futurism?
Techno-futurism is a noun.

Words near techno-futurism in the dictionary

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

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