Meanings
adjectivetechnetronic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to computers and communications technologies as a means of transforming society.
Origin
Blend of technology + electronic, coined by Zbigniew Brzezinski in Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era (1970).
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APA
technetronic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technetronic
MLA
“technetronic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technetronic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “technetronic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technetronic.
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