techno

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noun

tech·​no ˈtek-nō How to pronounce techno (audio)
often attributive
: electronic dance music that features a fast beat and synthesized sounds usually without vocals or a conventional popular song structure

techno-

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combining form

: technical : technological
technocracy

Examples of techno in a Sentence

Noun The club plays only techno.
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Inspired by Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Davidson grapples with the tendrils of Big Tech in songs that play out as a militant techno march interrupted by bursts of pop abandon. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2025 Black artists in Detroit in the early 1980s ventured into the future to create a transformative global genre: techno. Annalise Frank, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025 The tongue-in-cheek reference then, naturally, accompanied a needle drop of the film’s signature techno score, the brainchild of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025 Expand February Skyline Festival: Feb. 15-16 Insomniac Events’ techno brand Factory 93 and house music counterpart Day Trip, are once again joining forces to bring the two genres together. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for techno

Word History

Etymology

Noun

from techno- (as in techno-pop or techno-rock, styles of popular music utilizing electronically created sounds)

Combining form

from technology

First Known Use

Noun

1987, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of techno was in 1987

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“Techno.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/techno. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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