computerphobia

Fear or irrational dislike of computers; cyberphobia.

Noun

  1. Fear or irrational dislike of computers; cyberphobia.
    • As to the Internetphobia from your shop owner, I wonder if it is a fear of losing business to Internet merchants? OTOH, it could be just an extension of the computerphobia many people have. - 1996 April 24, OneMTHead,...

Origin

Etymology tree Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English computerphobia From computer + -phobia.

Forms

computerphobias

Related

Internetphobia