Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to or involving both technology and electronics.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[techn(ology) + e(lec)tronic.]

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Examples

  • Before that, Brzezinski was executive director at the Trilateral Commission, a “New Ager” who envisioned a “technetronic society” in the United States.

    FEMA and the NSC | Letter Never Sent 2002

  • In the emerging postindustrial technetronic societies, the emphasis is on pragmatism, information, democracy, as well as philosophical skepticism, politically institutionalized on the basis of relative social well-being and insulated psychologically from the relatively poor parts of the world.

    Out of Control Zbigniew Brzezinski 1993

  • Brzezinski is describing a nightmare which he calls the "technetronic society" (the word like the concept is a pastiche of technology and electronics).

    A Special Supplement: Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals McDermott, John 1969

  • …. only the simpleminded know for sure. master mind control by the technetronic elite … stay tuned, don't change that channel: nose-pickers with tainted rubberbands, sky falling, "wolf!", crocodile tears and those who love them, something reallllllllllllll bad gonna happen, booga booga booga …

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • Brzezinski defines the 'technetronic society' as, "a society that is shaped culturally, psychologically, socially, and economically by the impact of technology and electronics - particularly in the arena of computers and communications.

    GlobalResearch.ca 2010

  • "The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • "The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • "The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society.

    Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52 2009

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  • Your typical nerd’s not ironic

    And rarely a geek is sardonic.

    The bytes and the bits

    Please literal wits

    That coin horrors like technotronic.

    March 22, 2018