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technoparanoid

adj

Etymology

From techno- + paranoid.

  1. learned borrowing from παράνοια
  2. suffixed as paranoid — “paranoia + oid”
  3. prefixed as technoparanoid — “techno + paranoid”

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting an unreasonable fear of modern technology.

    • Cronenberg made a technoparanoid movie about Americanization while the NVLA sensationalized horror movies as agents of Americanization, but that very similarity ironically made Videodrome unwelcome in the United Kingdom.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA