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Meaning of "technophobic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TECHNOPHOBIC

ˌteknəʊˈfəʊbɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TECHNOPHOBIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Technophobic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TECHNOPHOBIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Technophobia

Technophobia is the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers. Although there are numerous interpretations of technophobia, they seem to become more complex as technology continues to evolve. The term is generally used in the sense of an irrational fear, but others contend fears are justified. It is related to cyberphobia and is the opposite of technophilia. Dr. Larry Rosen, research psychologist, computer educator, and professor at the California State University suggests that there are three dominant subcategories of technophobes- the "uncomfortable users", the "cognitive computerphobes", and "anxious computerphobes". First receiving widespread notice during the Industrial Revolution, technophobia has been observed to affect various societies and communities throughout the world. This has caused some groups to take stances against some modern technological developments in order to preserve their ideologies. In some of these cases, the new technologies conflict with established beliefs, such as the personal values of simplicity and modest lifestyles.

Definition of technophobic in the English dictionary

The definition of technophobic in the dictionary is having a fear of the effects of technological developments on society or the environment. Other definition of technophobic is afraid of using technological devices, such as computers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TECHNOPHOBIC

acrophobic · aerophobic · agoraphobic · anthropophobic · aquaphobic · astraphobic · astrophobic · claustrophobic · homophobic · hydrophobic · Islamophobic · lyophobic · monophobic · necrophobic · nyctophobic · ochlophobic · phobic · photophobic · Russophobic · xenophobic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TECHNOPHOBIC

technologically · technologies · technologise · technologist · technologize · technology · technology agreement · technomania · technomaniac · technophile · technophilia · technophobe · technophobia · technopole · technopolis · technopolitan · technopop · technospeak · technostress · technostructure

WORDS THAT END LIKE TECHNOPHOBIC

aerobic · ailourophobic · ailurophobic · anaerobic · anglophobic · batrachophobic · computerphobic · cyberphobic · dysmorphophobic · eleutherophobic · Europhobic · gynophobic · heliophobic · Negrophobic · neophobic · pyrophobic · saprobic · taphephobic · triskaidekaphobic · zelophobic

Synonyms and antonyms of technophobic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «technophobic» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TECHNOPHOBIC

Find out the translation of technophobic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of technophobic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «technophobic» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

技术恐惧
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

technophobic
570 millions of speakers
en

English

technophobic
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

technophobic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من التكنولوجيا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

технофобы
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

technophobic
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

technophobic
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

technophobe
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Technophobic
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

technophober
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

テクノロジー恐怖症の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

technophobic
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Technophobic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

technophobic
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

technophobic
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

टेक्नोफोबिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

technophobic
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

technophobic
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

technofobiczna
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

технофоби
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

technophobic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

technophobic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

technophobic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

technophobic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

technophobic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of technophobic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TECHNOPHOBIC»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of technophobic
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TECHNOPHOBIC»

Discover the use of technophobic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to technophobic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Video-based Tutorial on Web Design for the Technophobic Teacher
The aims of this project hope to trace the factors affecting teachers' use of technology, with a concentration on Internet usage, and offer steps in helping teachers move toward integrating the Internet into their curriculum.
Richard Ma, 2001
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The American Enemy: The History of French Anti-Americanism
Dismayed by objects “made by soulless machines for a crowd whose own soul seems to be disappearing,”11 Duhamel-style humanists were technophobic. Technophobic, too, were Christians like Bernanos, who brandished Christ on the  ...
Philippe Roger, 2006
3
The Evolution of Alienation: Trauma, Promise, and the Millennium
Lorenzo Simpson's book on technology and modernity (1994) provides another technophobic polemic against technology for alienating and dehumanizing us. These liberal and humanist critiques of technology follow Heidegger, Weber, and  ...
Lauren Langman, Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, 2006
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Representations of Technology in Science Fiction for Young ...
Conclusion. The. Technophobic. Legacy. We play with children using markedcards;wewin against the low cards of childhood with the aces of adulthood. Cheaters that weare,weshufflethe cards in such a way that wedealourselves everything.
Noga Applebaum, 2009
5
Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology
13. Star. Wars. and. the. Technophobic. Imagination. Cyrus. R. K. Patell. Why must Luke Skywalker turn off his computer in order to destroy the Death Star at the climax of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)? We know the answer to this question ...
Douglas Brode, Leah Deyneka, 2012
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Impossibility Fiction: Alternativity, Extrapolation, Speculation
The main discourse of Jurassic Park encompasses a negative view of science as technology, but it is not technophobic It maintains the epistemological and ontological dimensions of the myth of science, but at the axiological level it replaces ...
Derek Littlewood, Peter Stockwell, 1996
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Technophobia: The Psychological Impact of Information Technology
DEFINING TECHNOPHOBIA Wienberg and Fuerust's (1984) surveys of college students and business people revealed that 25 per cent of both samples suffered from mild technophobia, while 5 per cent were severely technophobic to the ...
Mark J. Brosnan, 2002
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Fostering Human Development Through Engineering and ...
Brand and Markert's (1995) study revealed no significant statistical differences between men and women with regard to their tendency to be “technophobic.” In their investigation among college-age students, technophobia was defined and ...
Moshe Barak, Michael Hacker, 2012
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Super Searcher, Author, Scribe: Successful Writers Share ...
How can technophobic writers ease their way into the lnternet age? There are a number of issues involved here. First, everybody becomes comfortable doing things a particular way. Typically, the older we get, the more we resist change.
Loraine Page, Reva Basch, 2002
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The Green Braid: Towards an Architecture of Ecology, Economy ...
More sophisticated observers—activists, STS scholars, and historians, for example—tend to have more critical views that are neither technophilic nor technophobic, and neither deterministic nor voluntaristic. These various critical positions lie ...
Kim Tanzer, Rafael Longoria, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TECHNOPHOBIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term technophobic is used in the context of the following news items.
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White House aging conference: Don't assume seniors are …
IT developers, don't assume that seniors are anti-technology or even technophobic. “Education is a stronger predictor of Internet usage than age,” Susannah Fox ... «MedCity News, Jul 15»
2
Culture shock: from technophobic to hardcore junkie.
You see, I was raised by extremely technophobic parents, both of which were, for lack of a better word, fundamentalists. For the fist 13 or 14 years of my life we ... «Engadget, Jun 15»
3
'Poltergeist's' Pioneering Technophobia
... it's this technophobic strain that continues to be its legacy, even though its two subsequent sequels (1986's Poltergeist II: The Other Side, 1988's Poltergeist III) ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
4
Your technophobic pretension is boring
Oftentimes it seems as if the baby boomer generation has nothing better to do with their time than criticise younger generations. From the May 20, 2013 cover ... «The Easterner, Apr 15»
5
Technophobia and Fear of Women Go Hand in Hand at SXSW
But technophobia isn't exactly a new theme and, especially for Americans recently captivated by the excellent technophobic U.K. series Black Mirror, the ... «Vanity Fair, Mar 15»
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Technophobic pug sees iPad, shouts for help
We know how he feels. Sometimes the rate at which technology is advancing scares us a little bit too. This 10 second video clip shows a pug desperately ... «Metro, Oct 14»
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The technophobic entrepreneur: a dying breed
Ecommerce, business management apps, social media, The Cloud… the list of technological advances keeps growing. While the sometimes bewildering slew of ... «Ventureburn, Sep 14»
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Kidpost enables technophobic friends and family to enjoy your baby …
Though websites like Facebook have made sharing baby photos with friends and family as easy as a few clicks of a mouse, this tends to leave people who are ... «Gizmag, Jun 14»
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IPA attacks 'technophobic' e-book VAT
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has called on Europe to end "discrimination" on e-book VAT rates, calling the current situation "technophobic, ... «The Bookseller, Feb 14»
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A New Viral Transcendence Video Reveals Technophobic RIFT …
Following two different teaser trailers yesterday (check them out here and here), Wally Pfister's directorial debut, Transcendence, has launched what appears to ... «ComingSoon.net, Dec 13»
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