technophobia
Fear of gadgets
Technophobia is fear or aversion toward technology, especially computers and digital devices.
The term ranges from clinical anxiety to casual reluctance: My grandmother's technophobia means she still writes letters by hand.
Someone experiencing it is technophobic or a technophobe.
Intense anticipatory fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
fright · horror · apprehension · misgiving · paranoia · cyberphobia · neophobia · nightmare
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- worryTroubled mental state
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
tension · discomfort · distress · overwhelm · insecurity · intimidation · helplessness · frustration
Lack of firm belief
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- warinessCautious distrust
misgivings · questioning · critique · incredulity · caution · hesitancy · reservations · concern
Denial of acceptance
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
refusal · boycott · unplugging · disconnecting · low-tech · off-grid · screen-free
Active resistance or dissent
- pushbackResistance to something proposed
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
trepidation · fright · horror · apprehension · misgiving · paranoia · cyberphobia · neophobia · nightmare · aversion
apprehension
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- worryTroubled mental state
stress · tension · discomfort · distress · overwhelm · insecurity · intimidation · helplessness · frustration · confusion
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
wariness · misgivings · questioning · critique · incredulity · caution · hesitancy · reservations · concern · unease
rejection
Denial of acceptance
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- withdrawalAct of taking away
reluctance · refusal · boycott · unplugging · disconnecting · low-tech · off-grid · screen-free
opposition
Active resistance or dissent
- pushbackResistance to something proposed
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
obstruction · backlash · protest · sabotage · traditionalism
- aging humorretirement jokes, senior moments, senior moment, over the hill, old timer
- tech fearscyberphobia, nomophobia, AI takeover, robot uprising, hacking
- technophobiacyberphobia, AI fear, privacy concerns, Luddism, Luddites
- anti-modernismLuddism, Luddite, anti-industrial, anti-industrialism, anti-modernism
- technologyelectronics, computing, computer, internet, social media
- denialismclimate denial, Holocaust denial, vaccine denial, denialism, anti-science
technophobiatechnophilia
Love of modern machinery
tech addiction · geekiness · geeking out · techno-utopianism
technophobianeophilia
Love of the new
techno-utopianism · futurism · transhumanism · progressivism · forward-thinking