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techno-futurist

techno-futurist noun: a proponent of techno-futurism.

Noun

techno-futurist (plural techno-futurists)

  1. A proponent of techno-futurism.
    • The techno-futurists "transcend" the dialectic between capital and labor merely by denying labor. Their mystification of technology is an intellectual reflection of the commodity fetishism that arises from market relations.2016, Charles Thorpe, Necroculture, page 136
    • 'Hey, I'm not the one trying to live forever here,' she said. 'I'm not a survivalist. I'm not a fucking techno-futurist. I know I'm going to die. I'm fine with that.'2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 200

Adjective

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

  1. Characteristic of or pertaining to techno-futurism.
    • In graduate school, I became engaged with bioethics as a domain where techno-futurist questions about genetic engineering and neuroscience were running up against practical politics and law, cutting across the traditional Left/Right division with new philosophical challenges about personhood and...2014, C. Mercer, D. Maher, Transhumanism and the Body: The World Religions Speak, page xi
    • This chapter extends traditional functionalist approaches to design to engage cultural, experience-based, and techno-futurist approaches.2015, Woodrow Barfield, Fundamentals of Wearable Computers and Augmented Reality, page 32

Examples of techno-futurist in a sentence

  • Now, a hodgepodge of religious conservatives and techno-futurists are leading the United States into the fray.2025 June 15, Anna Louie Sussman, “A Bold Idea to Raise the Birthrate: Make Parenting Less Torturous”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  • The techno-futurist quest for life extension is an attempt to open out the lifespan of the individual so as to be continuous with the linear temporality of capitalist production.2016, Charles Thorpe, Necroculture, page 120:

Forms of techno-futurist

Noun
pluraltechno-futurists
Adjective
comparativemore techno-futurist
superlativemost techno-futurist

Origin of techno-futurist

From techno- + future + -ist.

Questions about techno-futurist

What does techno-futurist mean?
Techno-futurist means a proponent of techno-futurism.
How do you use techno-futurist in a sentence?
Now, a hodgepodge of religious conservatives and techno-futurists are leading the United States into the fray.
What part of speech is techno-futurist?
Techno-futurist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of techno-futurist?
The plural of techno-futurist is techno-futurists.

Words near techno-futurist in the dictionary

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

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