technoˈlogico-ˈBenthamite, a. nonce-wd.
[f. technologic a. + -o + Benthamite a.]
Characterized by the implementation of Benthamite principles through the agency of technology.
| 1969 F. R. Leavis in Times Lit. Suppl. 29 May 569/1 The problem..is one of cultural disinheritance and the meaninglessness of the technologico-Benthamite world. 1973 I. Robinson Survival of English 247 The principal target of our comment will be the disastrous unwisdom of the prevailing climate of our ‘technologico-Benthamite’ enlightenment which controls all three parties, the daily and weekly press, and all the television channels. |