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techno-thriller

techno-thriller is the alternative spelling of technothriller.

Meaning of technothriller

Noun

technothriller (plural technothrillers)

  1. A genre of thriller combining action, fantasy, and science fiction elements, including detailed technical explanations.
    • The techno-thriller and its practitioners may be standing athwart. Tom Clancy, for one, made it clear to me that he has no interest in contemporary literature as Literature. He perennially scorns any salon environs.1993, William F. Ryan, “The Techno-Thriller”, in The Virginia Quarterly Review

Forms of techno-thriller

pluraltechno-thrillers

Questions about techno-thriller

What is techno-thriller the alternative spelling of?
Techno-thriller is the alternative spelling of technothriller.

Words near techno-thriller in the dictionary

  1. techno-pessimist
  2. techno-pessimists
  3. techno-savvy
  4. techno-shamanic
  5. techno-shamanism
  6. techno-thriller
  7. techno-thrillers
  8. techno-utopia
  9. techno-utopian
  10. techno-utopianism
  11. techno-utopians

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