technopolisn.
/tɛkˈnɒpəlɪs/, /tɛkˈnɒpl̩ɪs/, U.S. /tɛkˈnɑpələs/ A city or society characterized by (advanced) technology; (also) a centre or area devoted to technological research, development, or production.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > other types of civilizations or cultures
economy1535
patriarchy1868
by-world1872
Western world1894
overworld1895
open society1911
pao-chia1931
closed society1935
plural society1939
technopolis1946
shame culture1947
19841951
Hollerith1957
metaculture1959
underground1959
permissive society1960
caring society1966
technocomplex1968
microsociety1970
overground1971
Manhattanism1978
1946 G. V. Jones Democracy & Civilization ii. 163 Technopolis is very similar wherever it is found; where it be Osaka, Yokohama, Pilsen, Birmingham, or Pittsburgh; megapolitan culture is much the same everywhere.
1965 H. C. Cox Secular City 5 We shall make use of a somewhat contrived word, technopolis. It will be used here to signify the fusion of technological and political components into the base on which a new cultural style has appeared.
1985 C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. (ed. 2) viii. 329 Even in the most advanced technopolis there still exist..systems which are pre-urban and personalized.
2001 Business Week 8 Oct. 87/2 The idea was to turn Evanston into a thriving ‘Technopolis’, replete with wired homes and virtual marketplaces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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