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technopeasant

/ˈtɛknəʊˌpɛzənt/

technopeasant noun: one who is disadvantaged or exploited within a modern technological society, especially through inability to use computer technology.

Noun

technopeasant (plural technopeasants)

  1. (informal) One who is disadvantaged or exploited within a modern technological society, especially through inability to use computer technology.
    • “You would be able to, if only you′d — ”
      Jim cut him off in mid-grumble. “I know. ‘If only I′d stop being a technopeasant and open my eyes.’ OK, I know I′ve been a technopeasant, but now I want to open my eyes, and I need you to help me do it.”1994, Stewart Wieck, When Will You Rage?, page 86
    • Being a technopeasant, I took his word for it and bought the rabbit ears for an additional sum. When I got home and uncrated the set, I discovered it had a built-in antenna and that I did not need the extra one.1997, Ruth H. Jacobs, Be an Outrageous Older Woman, page 111

Examples of technopeasant in a sentence

  • In his vision people will be divided into two classes; “the Knows” and the “Know-Nots,” the digirati and the technopeasants.1999, William A. Stahl (William Austin), God and the Chip: Religion and the Culture of Technology, page 47:
  • In a 1981 interview he [Frank Herbert] described himself a “technopeasant”.2015 July 3, Hari Kunzru, “Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms of technopeasant

pluraltechnopeasants

Origin of technopeasant

From techno- + peasant.

Questions about technopeasant

What does technopeasant mean?
Technopeasant means one who is disadvantaged or exploited within a modern technological society, especially through inability to use computer technology.
How do you use technopeasant in a sentence?
In his vision people will be divided into two classes; “the Knows” and the “Know-Nots,” the digirati and the technopeasants.
What part of speech is technopeasant?
Technopeasant is a noun.
How do you pronounce technopeasant?
Technopeasant is pronounced /ˈtɛknəʊˌpɛzənt/.
What is the plural of technopeasant?
The plural of technopeasant is technopeasants.

Words near technopeasant in the dictionary

  1. technoparks
  2. technopath
  3. technopathic
  4. technopaths
  5. technopathy
  6. technopeasant
  7. technopeasantry
  8. technopeasants
  9. technopessimism
  10. technopessimist
  11. technopessimists

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