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technoetic

technoetic adjective: combining technology and consciousness.

Adjective

technoetic (comparative more technoetic, superlative most technoetic)

  1. Combining technology and consciousness.
    • So within the telematic embrace we hope to reach this social synchronicity, an identical rhythm of the heart, a dynamic technoetic equilibrium.1998, Christa Sommerer, Laurent Mignonneau, Art @ Science, page 286
    • The 'Red Lady' in his palaeoecological and technoetic context (chapter title)2000, Stephen Aldhouse-Green, Paviland Cave and the 'Red Lady': A Definitive Report, page 227

Forms of technoetic

comparativemore technoetic
superlativemost technoetic

Origin of technoetic

From τέχνη (tékhnē) + νοητικός (noētikós), coined by British artist Roy Ascott in 1997.

Questions about technoetic

What does technoetic mean?
Technoetic means combining technology and consciousness.
What part of speech is technoetic?
Technoetic is an adjective.

Words near technoetic in the dictionary

  1. technoecosystems
  2. technoelite
  3. technoelites
  4. technoentrepreneurship
  5. technoerotic
  6. technoetic
  7. technofantasies
  8. technofantasy
  9. technofascism
  10. technofascist
  11. technofascists

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