anti-technology

adjective

an·​ti-tech·​nol·​o·​gy ˌan-tē-tek-ˈnä-lə-jē How to pronounce anti-technology (audio)
ˌan-tī-
variants or antitechnology
: opposed to technology or technological change
He apparently monitors the Internet, but his whole philosophy is anti-technologyJonathan Alter
an antitechnology manifesto

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Ecofascism and Malthusian anxieties about overpopulation can go hand in hand with Unabomber anti-technology screeds and climate doomers. Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025 But that doesn’t mean paper planner users are anti-technology, explained Powell, co-founder of Regal Private Therapy Practice in the Harley Street Medical District of London. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025 The criticism that the music industry is somehow anti-AI or anti-technology, Willens said, is false. Susan Caminiti, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025 Like the Industrial Revolution-era insurgents, the new Luddites are not anti-technology but anti-exploitation, the tech journalist Brian Merchant tells me. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025 Ares is in no way anti-technology—the hero is the CEO of a tech company and the movie itself wouldn’t exist without extensive reliance on visual effects. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025 The difference wasn’t that my parents were anti-technology. Jessica Ewing september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025 Kaczynski, who had sent writings expressing anti-technology beliefs before his arrest, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison. Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 17 July 2025 Kaczynski was an anti-technology recluse who killed three people with mail bombs from 1978 to 1995. NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024

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First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-technology was in 1944

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“Anti-technology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-technology. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.

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