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technocapitalism en · NOUN

Etymology

From techno- + capitalism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A form of capitalism associated with the emergence of new technology sectors and the power of corporations.
   • Technocapitalism, as Doug Kellner (1989) describes it, becomes increasingly multinational as new technologies, such as satellite TV and computers, carry forms of mass consumer culture throughout the world, colonizing previously[…] 2001, Joe L. Kincheloe, Getting Beyond the Facts: Teaching Social Studies/social Sciences in the Twenty-first Century, Counterpoints, →ISBN, page 82:
   • John Harris is right. Resistance to online culture is not about “sounding hopelessly old”, but about shaping a future beyond the stupidification of technocapitalism. 2019 December 25, Jeff Wallace, “Letters: On reflection: don’t play it loud”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • This is a novel adaption of capitalism that as yet lacks a name on which all agree, though it'll probably end up as something like “Technocapitalism”. 2026 April 4, Misha Glenny, “Musk’s play for power”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:

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technocapitalist · technocapital