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mechanolatry en · NOUN

Etymology

From mechano- + -latry.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Worship of machines.
    • It remains only to note that mechanolatry is a bastard religion: half its glories mock the very mechanical and scientific principles it superficially seeks to enthrone. 1938, Lewis Mumford with Bryan S. Turner, The Culture of Cities, page 442: