techno-utopian en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂der. Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek τεχνο- (tekhno-)der. English techno- Ancient Greek οὐ (ou) Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) New Latin Ūtopiader. English utopia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English utopian English techno-utopian From techno- + utopian.
Meanings
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Believing that technological advances will create a utopia.
Bitcoin represents a techno-utopian dream.
2022 June 7, Siobhan Roberts, “How ‘Trustless’ Is Bitcoin, Really?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Representing perfectly the expansionary interests of the recombinant commodity-form, the virtual class has seized the imagination of contemporary culture by conceiving a techno-utopian high-speed cybernetic grid for travelling across the electronic frontier.
1994, Arthur Kroker, Michael A. Weinstein, Data Trash, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, pages 6–7:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| technoutopian | alternative | lexicographic | |
| technotopian | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most techno-utopian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more techno-utopian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |