antitechnologism

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ technology +‎ -ism.

Noun

antitechnologism (uncountable)

  1. A belief or attitude that opposes technology.
    • 1985 December 28, Robert Halfhill, “Research Is Okay Unless Proven Otherwise”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 24, page 4:
      His conclusion […] in its contention that Gays and Lesbians should not cooperate with scientific research about us without conducting a searching inquiry into the motives of the researchers, reflects the same Luddism, antiscientism and anti-technologism that has infected most of the left since counter culture of the 1960s.

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