Meanings
nountechnoculture (countable and uncountable, plural technocultures)
plural technocultures
- countableuncountableCulture as influenced by technology, especially computer technology and the Internet.
Beyond preservation, beyond reconstruction, the contemporary neopastoral signifies the naturalization of technoculture: not better than nature, not a return to nature, but culture that simply is nature.
2003, Andrew McMurry, Environmental Renaissance: Emerson, Thoreau, & the Systems of Nature, page 210
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*téḱ-sneh₂
- Ancient Greekτέχνη (tékhnē)
- Ancient Greekτεχνο- (tekhno-)
- Englishtechno-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Englishtechnoculture
Cite this entry
APA
technoculture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technoculture
MLA
“technoculture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technoculture. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “technoculture,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technoculture.
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