palaeotechnicpaleotechnicadj.

Brit.

/ˌpalɪə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪk/,

/ˌpeɪlɪə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈtɛknɪk/

Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and technic adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, technic adj.

Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + technic adj., after neotechnic adj.

Designating, relating to, or characterized by an early stage of industrial and technological development, esp. as dominated by heavy machinery and the exploitation of mineral resources and fossil fuels. Also, in wider use: designating or relating to technology which is regarded as old-fashioned or outmoded. Cf. eotechnic adj., neotechnic adj.The term was popularized by Lewis Mumford in Technics & Civilization (1934) and applied esp. to the period prior to the late 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of other specific periods

Georgian1745

romancean1804

early modern1817

federal1838

Jacobean1844

post-Reformation1850

pre-Reformation1855

postcolonial1861

post-Renaissance1874

post-conquest1880

post-conquestual1880

Jacobian1883

post-pyramidal1883

pre-industrial1883

early American1895

bow-and-arrow1899

palaeotechnic1904

Renaissancist1932

steam age1941

Carolinian1949

postcolonialist1957

1904 P. Geddes City Devel. xxv. 175/1 Must we not, therefore, call this earlier and crude mechanical civilisation which still predominates among us the ‘Palæotechnic’ stage, and recognise that the formerly less prominent industrial peoples..are passing more quickly than we into the ‘Neotechnic’ stage?

1946 Theology 39 94 The report..praises the past but its vision for the future is lighted less by a doctrine of the creation than by paleotechnic ideology.

1973 New Society 7 June 543/2 Its automated ticket system..makes London's machines seem paleotechnic by comparison.

1998 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 84 1537/1 Mumford rejected the ‘paleotechnic’ metropolis in favor of a ‘green’ revolution and a ‘neotechnics’ of decentralized electrical power and sustainable regional settlements.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palaeotechnic
释义	palaeotechnicpaleotechnicadj. Brit. /ˌpalɪə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪk/, /ˌpeɪlɪə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈtɛknɪk/ Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and technic adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, technic adj. Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + technic adj., after neotechnic adj. Designating, relating to, or characterized by an early stage of industrial and technological development, esp. as dominated by heavy machinery and the exploitation of mineral resources and fossil fuels. Also, in wider use: designating or relating to technology which is regarded as old-fashioned or outmoded. Cf. eotechnic adj., neotechnic adj.The term was popularized by Lewis Mumford in Technics & Civilization (1934) and applied esp. to the period prior to the late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of other specific periods Georgian1745 romancean1804 early modern1817 federal1838 Jacobean1844 post-Reformation1850 pre-Reformation1855 postcolonial1861 post-Renaissance1874 post-conquest1880 post-conquestual1880 Jacobian1883 post-pyramidal1883 pre-industrial1883 early American1895 bow-and-arrow1899 palaeotechnic1904 Renaissancist1932 steam age1941 Carolinian1949 postcolonialist1957 1904 P. Geddes City Devel. xxv. 175/1 Must we not, therefore, call this earlier and crude mechanical civilisation which still predominates among us the ‘Palæotechnic’ stage, and recognise that the formerly less prominent industrial peoples..are passing more quickly than we into the ‘Neotechnic’ stage? 1946 Theology 39 94 The report..praises the past but its vision for the future is lighted less by a doctrine of the creation than by paleotechnic ideology. 1973 New Society 7 June 543/2 Its automated ticket system..makes London's machines seem paleotechnic by comparison. 1998 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 84 1537/1 Mumford rejected the ‘paleotechnic’ metropolis in favor of a ‘green’ revolution and a ‘neotechnics’ of decentralized electrical power and sustainable regional settlements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1904
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