English
technodeterminism
From techno- + determinism.
Formed from techno- + determinism
Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’
Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂
Ancient Greek τέχνη ‘craft, skill, trade’
English techno-
Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ ‘boundary, end’
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Latin terminō ‘to limit’
Latin dēterminō ‘to delimit’
French déterminer ‘to determine, establish’
French déterminisme
English determinism
Today it means
noun The theory that technology drives improvements in society and culture.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “technodeterminism”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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