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technolust en · NOUN

Etymology

From techno- + lust.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A strong desire for modern technology.
    • The ultimate source of CMW lies in the first blushes of technolust, when the hobbyist realizes with startling certainty that he has to have a motherboard[…] 1984 December 31, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 53, page 8:
    • John Buschmann has raised some compelling points about technolust in libraries. He suggests that electronic resources are perceived as having a higher status than print resources[…] 1995, Walt Crawford, Michael Gorman, Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality, page 42: