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technophobe

[tek-nuh-foh-bee-uh]

noun

abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.

Origin:
1960–65; techno- + -phobia

Related forms

tech·no·phobe, noun

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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technophobe (ˈtɛknəʊˌfəʊb)

—n
1.	someone who fears the effects of technological development on society and the environment
2.	someone who is afraid of using technological devices, such as computers

technophobic

—*adj*

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