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cyberphobe, n.
Brit. |ˈsʌɪbəfəʊb|, U.S. |ˈsaɪbərˌfoʊb|
[‹ cyber- comb. form + -phobe comb. form. Compare cyberphobia n.]
A person who fears or mistrusts computer technology; a reluctant user of computers or (esp. in later use) the Internet.
1981Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 7 Jan. Are you a cyberphobe? Do computers so frighten you that you want to join a back-to-the-land movement or enter a monastery? 1999J. Walch In Net Introd. p. viii, Facile partisanship with either the ‘cyberphiles’ or the ‘cyberphobes’, the techno-optimists or the techno-pessimists, is not at all helpful. 2005Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 4 I'm a cyberphobe. Start talking HTML, bauds and bytes, and I zone out. |