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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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
However, the city is also energetic, with its cutting-edge fashion, techno clubs and modern art galleries.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
And way too techno-challenged to figure out what’s real and what isn’t.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
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Noun
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
However, the city is also energetic, with its cutting-edge fashion, techno clubs and modern art galleries.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
And way too techno-challenged to figure out what’s real and what isn’t.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Techno.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/techno. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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