technologism
technologism noun: the belief that technology is the most / or a very important factor that will shape and help society.
Noun
technologism (usually uncountable, plural technologisms)
- The belief that technology is the most / or a very important factor that will shape and help society
- […] Above all, I wish to emphasise that technologism is not technological in its nature. Technologism has nothing to do with technology, but is rather a misconception of an intellectual and moral nature. It is not the technological way of thinking per se that leads us astray; it is the belief that...2005 July 4, Páll Skúlason, Question of Technology
Forms of technologism
| plural | technologisms |
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Origin of technologism
From technology + -ism
Questions about technologism
- What does technologism mean?
- Technologism means the belief that technology is the most / or a very important factor that will shape and help society.
- What part of speech is technologism?
- Technologism is a noun.
- What is the plural of technologism?
- The plural of technologism is technologisms.
Words near technologism in the dictionary
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