Etymology

computerism

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Today it means: A political ideology which maintains that all government power should be delegated to a computer or artificial intelligence. Full definition →

English computer ← French computer ← Latin computāre
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  1. Latincomputō
  2. Latincomputāre
  3. Frenchcomputer
  4. Englishcompute
  5. Englishcomputer
  6. English todaycomputerism

From computer + -ism.

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