technophobe

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noun

Somebody who suffers from technophobia; somebody afraid of new technology.

“My Dad can't answer his mobile phone. He's a real technophobe.”

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Meanings

nountechnophobe (plural technophobes)

plural technophobes

  1. Somebody who suffers from technophobia; somebody afraid of new technology.

    My Dad can't answer his mobile phone. He's a real technophobe.

    1 more example

    "It's kind of unfortunate that it depends on spectacular violence by somebody, or whoever it is, to get it into print," said that man, John Zerzan, a leading pamphleteer and self-described anarchist and technophobe who has become a guru of sorts for anti-technology leftists.

    1995 May 7, Kenneth B. Noble, “Prominent Anarchist Finds Unsought Ally in Serial Bomber”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who dislikes or avoids new technology

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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