technoparanoid

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adjective

Exhibiting an unreasonable fear of modern technology.

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Meanings

adjectivetechnoparanoid (comparative more technoparanoid, superlative most technoparanoid)

comparative more technoparanoid · superlative most technoparanoid

  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.

    2013, Caetlin Benson-Allott, Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship From VHS to File Sharing

Origin

From techno- + paranoid.

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APA

technoparanoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technoparanoid

MLA

“technoparanoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technoparanoid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “technoparanoid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technoparanoid.

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