Technosexual
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Someone with a sexual fetish for or sexual attraction to machines, robots, computers or androids.
"At this rate, I may give up on women entirely and become a technosexual."
- 2 A person, especially a male metrosexual, who expresses himself or herself (including in terms of sexuality) through technological devices. neologism
"Metrosexuals have opened the door to close kin such as technosexuals (basically, metrosexuals who like gadgets)."
- 1 Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way. not-comparable
"[…] Women of the time were constructed to be the technosexual Other, robot-like & programmable, as in Fritz Lang's film Metropolis (1927). Other images of women as sex machine in film & literature of the time are described. […]"
- 2 Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media. not-comparable
"Immediate fallout from the scandal included a call for the mayor's resignation from the city's 900-member municipal union and public embarrassment for Kilpatrick's wife and family as the tragic technosexual tale spread nationwide thanks to coverage in […] prominent media outlets."
Example
More examples"[…] Women of the time were constructed to be the technosexual Other, robot-like & programmable, as in Fritz Lang's film Metropolis (1927). Other images of women as sex machine in film & literature of the time are described. […]"
Etymology
From techno- + -sexual. First attested (as techno-sexual) in the 18 May 1970 edition of New York Magazine. Not attested again until the late 1990s, as technosexual.
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