technophobia

plural technophobias

1. countableuncountableA fear of new technologies.

   Near-synonym: cyberphobia

   2 more examples

   But on one major point, neo-Luddites agree: They would loathe computerization even if hordes of unwitting neo-Luddites hadn't suddenly made technophobia so trendy.

   1995 July, Bob Ickes, “Die, Computer, Die!”, in New York, →ISSN, page 24

   I learned that, as Jane approached discharge, I would attend pump class, to learn how to program pumps in our apartment and infuse Jane with water, food, and drugs. My technophobia covered its eyes.

   2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 121

   Synonyms: cyberphobia · Antonyms: technophilia, technophoria, techno-utopianism, techno-optimism