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technophobia

technophobia noun: a fear of new technologies.

Noun

technophobia (countable and uncountable, plural technophobias)

  1. A fear of new technologies.
    • Near-synonym: cyberphobia
    • But on one major point, neo-Luddites agree: They would loathe computerization even if hordes of unwitting neo-Luddites hadn't suddenly made technophobia so trendy.1995 July, Bob Ickes, “Die, Computer, Die!”, in New York, →ISSN, page 24
    Synonyms:
    cyberphobia

technophobia meaning in Tamil

technophobia in Tamil

கணினித் தொழில்நுட்ப அச்சம், தொழில்நுட்ப வெருளி

Synonyms of technophobia

Antonyms

Forms of technophobia

pluraltechnophobias

Origin of technophobia

From techno- + -phobia.

Questions about technophobia

What does technophobia mean?
Technophobia means a fear of new technologies.
What is technophobia in Tamil?
Technophobia in Tamil is கணினித் தொழில்நுட்ப அச்சம், தொழில்நுட்ப வெருளி. See Technophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is technophobia?
Technophobia is a noun.
What is the plural of technophobia?
The plural of technophobia is technophobias.

Words near technophobia in the dictionary

  1. technophilosophical
  2. technophilosophies
  3. technophilosophy
  4. technophobe
  5. technophobes
  6. technophobia
  7. technophobias
  8. technophobic
  9. technophoria
  10. technoplegic
  11. technoplegics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: technophobia (page history and authors); technophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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