technophilia en · NOUN
Etymology
From techno- + -philia.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A love of new technologies.
This includes research that examines the role that adolescent "tinkering" plays in developing mechanical interests and aptitudes; male and female patterns of participation in Internet-based communications; the prevalence of masculinist "search and destroy" narratives in video and computer games; the masculine subcultures of computing, including the close links between technophilia and technoporn; and the cultivation of gendered differences in consumer desire in technomarketing.
2002, Sue Curry Jansen, Critical Communication Theory, page 84:Near-synonym: technophoria
- (uncountable, usually) A sexual attraction to technology.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| technophilias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
techno-utopianism · techno-futurism · technodeterminism · techno-optimism