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technopoly

/tɛkˈnɒpəli/

technopoly noun: the cultural state of mind that assumes technology is always positive and of value.

Noun

technopoly (plural technopolies)

  1. The cultural state of mind that assumes technology is always positive and of value.
    • In formulating such questions, Graham builds on an earlier critique of ‘technopoly’ by Neil Postman, who suggested that we should always ask of any new technology the following question: what is the problem to which it is a solution? Postman defined technopoly as ‘a state of culture’.2016, Marilyn Deegan, Kathryn Sutherland, Transferred Illusions: Digital Technology and the Forms of Print, Routledge, →ISBN, page 68

Forms of technopoly

pluraltechnopolies

Origin of technopoly

From techno- + -poly, coined by American writer and academic Neil Postman in Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (1992).

Questions about technopoly

What does technopoly mean?
Technopoly means the cultural state of mind that assumes technology is always positive and of value.
What part of speech is technopoly?
Technopoly is a noun.
How do you pronounce technopoly?
Technopoly is pronounced /tɛkˈnɒpəli/.
What is the plural of technopoly?
The plural of technopoly is technopolies.

Words near technopoly in the dictionary

  1. technopolies
  2. technopolis
  3. technopolises
  4. technopolitical
  5. technopolitics
  6. technopoly
  7. technopolymer
  8. technopolymers
  9. technopop
  10. technopopulism
  11. technopopulist

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