technocapitalism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A form of capitalism associated with the emergence of new technology sectors and the power of corporations.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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[…]"
- "John Harris is right. Resistance to online culture is not about “sounding hopelessly old”, but about shaping a future beyond the stupidification of technocapitalism."
- "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”."
Etymology
From techno- + capitalism.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
techno-capitalism (alternative)
tech-capitalism (alternative)
Frequently Paired Words
technocapital
technocapitalist