technomagic
nounEtymology From techno- + magic.
1
Informal The use of technology that is impressive and difficult to understand, especially in the field of computing.
- The demo wowed its audience with its technomagic, leading some audience members to quote Clarke's third law: "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
2
The combination of magic and technology.
- In her thesis paper, she explored the theme of technomagic among cargo cults.
- Related terms
- automagical, automagically, technomancy, technopaganism, techno-utopian, techno-utopianism