technohorror

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noun

A horror genre dealing with the harmful effects of technology.

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Meanings

nountechnohorror (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA horror genre dealing with the harmful effects of technology.

    Springing from these roots, the Alien franchise was to become a vehicle for the permanent entrenchment of 1950s-style technohorror in American popular culture.

    2016, Steffen Hantke, Monsters in the Machine: Science Fiction Film and the Militarization of America after World War II
  2. uncountableThe fear or loathing of modern technology.

Origin

From techno- + horror.

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APA

technohorror. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technohorror

MLA

“technohorror.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technohorror. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “technohorror,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technohorror.

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