technomagic
Technology as wizardry
Technomagic is technology so advanced or mysterious that it seems to operate by magical principles rather than comprehensible science.
The term captures the sense that sufficiently sophisticated systems—artificial intelligence, quantum computing, complex algorithms—might as well be sorcery to those who don't understand them: The app's recommendations felt like technomagic, predicting what I wanted before I knew it myself.
In fiction and gaming, technomagic often describes hybrid systems where technology and supernatural forces genuinely merge.
Dystopian tech-noir fiction
- nanotechEngineering at molecular scale
- androidMachine resembling a person
- hologram3D image from light
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
biotech · singularity · cyborg · augmentation · implant · technomancer
Practice of dark magic
- wizardryPractice of casting spells
- spellcastingPerforming magical incantations
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- incantationSpoken magical formula
arcane · conjuration · divination · thaumaturgy · ritual · grimoire · spellbook · rune
Thing of mixed parentage
- blendCombine into mixture
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- integrationCombining into a whole
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
amalgamation · melding · synthesis · merger · composite · symbiosis · crossover
Sudden important advance
- inventionNew device or method
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
groundbreaking · pioneering · wonder · marvel · impossibility · disruption · visionary · futurism
cyberpunk
Dystopian tech-noir fiction
cyberspace · biotech · singularity · cyborg · augmentation · implant · technomancer
sorcery
Practice of dark magic
- wizardryPractice of casting spells
- spellcastingPerforming magical incantations
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
incantation · arcane · conjuration · divination · thaumaturgy · ritual · grimoire · spellbook · rune · amulet
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
- blendCombine into mixture
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- integrationCombining into a whole
synergy · amalgamation · melding · synthesis · merger · composite · symbiosis · crossover
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- inventionNew device or method
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- advancementForward movement or promotion
cutting-edge · groundbreaking · pioneering · wonder · marvel · impossibility · disruption · visionary · futurism · speculative
technomagicpure science
Study seeking understanding only
hard science · naturalism · mechanical engineering · folk magic
techno, magic, tech, technical, technically, technician, technique, technology, technological