often attributive
: electronic dance music that features a fast beat and synthesized sounds usually without vocals or a conventional popular song structure
: technical : technological
technocracy
Examples of techno in a Sentence
Noun
The club plays only techno.
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Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
While Olympians in Milan walked into a packed stadium with flashing lights and thumping techno music played by a DJ at a turntable that looked like ice, the mountain ceremonies took place through the streets.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The desperation and dysfunction these days comes with a lot more Wall Street and techno-dystopia.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
There are people that go hear electronica like Aphex Twin, Nicolas Jaar or Trentemøller and say techno is for amateurs.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2026
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Noun
John Beltran is Detroit techno’s foremost daydreamer.
—Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
While Olympians in Milan walked into a packed stadium with flashing lights and thumping techno music played by a DJ at a turntable that looked like ice, the mountain ceremonies took place through the streets.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The desperation and dysfunction these days comes with a lot more Wall Street and techno-dystopia.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
There are people that go hear electronica like Aphex Twin, Nicolas Jaar or Trentemøller and say techno is for amateurs.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Techno.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/techno. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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