technologize

[ tek-nol-uh-jahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, tech·nol·o·gized, tech·nol·o·giz·ing.

1. to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.

Other Words From

• over·tech·nolo·gize verb overtechnologized overtechnologizing

Word History and Origins

Origin of technologize¹

First recorded in 1900–05; technolog(y) ( def ) + -ize ( def )

Example Sentences

Israel is a global leader in drone technology, with much of its expertise rooted in the highly technologized military.

From Seattle Times

“Geniuses” in Silicon Valley have technologized the relationships between us and our transportation, our loved ones, work, news and hobbies.

From The Guardian

It seems so simplistic, but no matter how technologized we become — and that’s also good — it will always be important to have an audience member and a performer in a room together: live.

From New York Times

In other words, the group aims to both humanize technologists and technologize humanists.

From New York Times

Some psychiatrists believe lithium is now under-prescribed because both doctors and patients are attracted to newer, supposedly “technologized” medicines, and, at the conference, Martin was accused of contributing to this problem.

From The New Yorker