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techno

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B2 Upper Intermediate

part.a word part used at the start of a word to show it is about technology or machines. It can also refer to a specific style of electronic dance music.

part.a combining form relating to technology, technical skill, or the applied sciences; also used to denote association with electronic dance music.


SIMPLE

The company is a leader in the techno-industrial sector.

CONTEXTUAL

Many modern thrillers use techno-babble to make their plots sound more scientific and advanced than they actually are.

COMPLEX

The rise of techno-capitalism has fundamentally altered the relationship between labor and production in the twenty-first century.

Usage

Used as a prefix to form new nouns and adjectives; it is typically attached directly to the root word without a hyphen.


Derived from the Greek 'tekhnē', denoting an art, craft, or skill. The modern prefixal form emerged as a shortening of 'technology' to facilitate the naming of various twentieth-century industrial and electronic developments.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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