Home › Words › F › fauxtomationfauxtomationfauxtomation means processes or products that are not fully automated, but are marketed or sold as such.EtymologyBlend of faux + automation, coined by Astra Taylor.nounProcesses or products that are not fully automated, but are marketed or sold as such.e.g.“In its more harmless form, fauxtomation is merely a marketing ploy, a way to make pointless products seem cutting-edge.” — 2018 August, Astra Taylor, “The Automation Charade”, in Logic Magazine, number 5:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).