cybernation

English

Etymology 1

Blend of cybernetic +‎ automation

Noun

cybernation (uncountable)

1. The control of an industrial operation or task through processing of information with a computer.
   • 1964, Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, Routledge, published 2008, page 269:

     And the mechanization of a task is done by segmentation of each part of an action in a series of uniform, repeatable, and moveable parts. The exact opposite characterizes cybernation (or automation), which has been described as a way of thinking, as much as a way of doing. Instead of being concerned with separate machines, cybernation looks at the production problem as an integrated system of information handling.

References

• “cybernation”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Etymology 2

From cyber- +‎ nation.

Noun

cybernation (plural cybernations)

1. A large online community that operates like a nation, or state.
   • 2002, India Today, volume 27, page 75:

     Some cybernations also sell licences for setting up banks, corporations and raising debt bonds. Kingdom of Kerguelon offers bank, corporates and church charters for up to $50,000.

Related terms

• cybernationalism
• cybernationalist

Anagrams

• corybantine