meg|a|ma|chine

meg|a|ma|chine
meg|a|ma|chine «MEHG uh muh SHEEN», noun.
a social system so dominated by technology that it resembles a gigantic machine which functions without regard for human needs and objectives: »

What is needed to save mankind from the megamachine…is to displace the mechanical world picture with an organic world picture, in the center of which stands man himself (Lewis Mumford).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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