[tek-pok-ruh-see]
n. a pretense of being against the social effects of new technology while thoroughly enjoying and taking advantage of its benefits.
Use: After lecturing her grandchildren on the disintegration of social skills and grace due to social media sites, Ethel Weinbergstein embodied techpocrisy when she texted her friend Flo at the assisted living home across town about how thrilled she was to reconnect with three old colleagues on hospicebook.com.
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