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technomagic en · NOUN

Etymology

From techno- + magic.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) The use of technology that is impressive and difficult to understand, especially in the field of computing.
    • The demo wowed its audience with its technomagic, leading some audience members to quote Clarke's third law: "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
  2. (uncountable) The combination of magic and technology.
    • In her thesis paper, she explored the theme of technomagic among cargo cults.

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automagical · technomancy · techno-utopian · automagically · technopaganism · techno-utopianism