technopeasant
/ˈtɛknəʊˌpɛzənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who is disadvantaged or exploited within a modern technological society, especially through inability to use computer technology.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "“You would be able to, if only you′d — ” Jim cut him off in mid-grumble. “I know. ‘If only I′d stop being a technopeasant and open my eyes.’ OK, I know I′ve been a technopeasant, but now I want to open my eyes, and I need you to help me do it.”"
- "Being a technopeasant, I took his word for it and bought the rabbit ears for an additional sum. When I got home and uncrated the set, I discovered it had a built-in antenna and that I did not need the extra one."
- "In his vision people will be divided into two classes; “the Knows” and the “Know-Nots,” the digirati and the technopeasants."
- "In his other statements it is clear that he regards computer programmers as technopeasants, and this is how many corporations do treat them with programming outsourced to low-wage countries like India."
- "In a 1981 interview he [Frank Herbert] described himself a “technopeasant”."