English Explanatory Dictionary

technosexual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.
  2. Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media.
noun
  1. Someone with a sexual fetish for or sexual attraction to machines, robots, computers or androids.
  2. A person, especially a male metrosexual, who expresses himself or herself (including in terms of sexuality) through technological devices.

Pronunciation

tĕk′nō-sĕk′sho͞o-əl /ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/ /ˌtɛk.noʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

Word forms

technosexual technosexuals

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.

Related words

technosex technosexuality
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