technophobe
technophobe noun: somebody who suffers from technophobia; somebody afraid of new technology.
Noun
technophobe (plural technophobes)
- Somebody who suffers from technophobia; somebody afraid of new technology.
- My Dad can't answer his mobile phone. He's a real technophobe.
- "It's kind of unfortunate that it depends on spectacular violence by somebody, or whoever it is, to get it into print," said that man, John Zerzan, a leading pamphleteer and self-described anarchist and technophobe who has become a guru of sorts for anti-technology leftists.1995 May 7, Kenneth B. Noble, “Prominent Anarchist Finds Unsought Ally in Serial Bomber”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Forms of technophobe
| plural | technophobes |
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Origin of technophobe
From techno- + -phobe.
Questions about technophobe
- What does technophobe mean?
- Technophobe means somebody who suffers from technophobia; somebody afraid of new technology.
- What part of speech is technophobe?
- Technophobe is a noun.
- What is the plural of technophobe?
- The plural of technophobe is technophobes.
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