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techno-utopianism en · NOUN

Etymology

From techno- + utopianism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The belief that a utopia can be achieved with technology.
    • One interesting aspect of this process of technological fetishism is represented by the fact that it cannot be fully understood without looking at the peculiarly Western attitude towards techno-utopianism or, in other words, the belief that technologies can become important tools of social and political liberation. 2015, Veronica Barassi, Activism on the Web: Everyday Struggles against Digital Capitalism, Routledge, →ISBN, page 52:
    • Near-synonym: cyberutopianism

Forms

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techno-utopianisms Number=Plur lexicographic
technoutopianism alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

technophoria · technodeterminism · cyberoptimism · techno-futurism · techno-optimism

Relateds

techno-utopian · techno-utopia

Synonyms

cyberutopianism