technophobe
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- noun
- /ˈtɛknəˌfoʊb/
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tecnófobo
- You're not going to be able to hand it to a toddler or a technophobe and have them immediately start navigating it without instructions.
Examples
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Primarily, it is about how usable a tool is, which includes how effective it is at its stated goals and how easy it is to learn how to use the tool, both for those who are technologically adept and those who are technophobes.
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Many technophobes feel overwhelmed by the rapid changes in technology and choose to live without it.
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I thought you were a fellow technophobe?
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First, I am something of a technophobe and wondered whether I would be able to cope!
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I know you're a technophobe and everything, but it's time.
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I'm a recovering technophobe who has managed a total 180.
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Even the most dedicated Romantic or hardcore technophobe couldn't live without modern science and the technology it spawns.
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On the human side, we need to think of practitioner preferences for one technology over another, and the divide between technophiles and technophobes.
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Technophobes and Luddites will learn to adapt, or perish and thereby improve the species.
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Like a lot of technological developments, the novelty factor of voice controls will prompt the technophobes to question why you would ever need to use your voice to operate your computer, let alone search for information using your phone.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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9.1
A person who does not want to use new technology
A person who opposes new technology because they worry about its social or moral effects
A person who does not support modern ideas, values, or styles
Antonyms
How Pro-Technology
Surface Forms
Morphology
technophobe = techno + phobe
The meaning is fairly clear from the combining form 'techno-' plus 'phobe', but both elements are learned forms rather than everyday vocabulary.
Etymology
The word technophobe comes from Greek parts: techno- meaning 'art' or 'skill', often shortened to tech in English, and -phobe meaning 'fear', as in the word phobia. So a technophobe is someone who is afraid of or avoids modern technology.