technologist

[tek-nol-uh-jist]

noun

1. a person who specializes in technology.

Other Word Forms

• antitechnologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of technologist¹

First recorded in 1855–60; technolog(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

His mother encouraged him to study to become a dental technologist.

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“Many of us had actually believed in the marketed idea of genius technologists coming in to make things work better,” one senior SSA official said.

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Greene worked as a draftsman, civil technologist, steelworker and rock-band crew member before starting his career in theatre in the UK in the 1970s.

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All of this means young technologists are finding it harder to get that critical first job.

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“There have been many claims about new technologies displacing jobs, and although such displacement has occurred in the past, it tends to take longer than technologists typically expect,” economists for the U.S.

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