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mechanolatry

mechanolatry noun: worship of machines.

Noun

mechanolatry (uncountable)

  1. 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

Origin of mechanolatry

From mechano- + -latry.

Questions about mechanolatry

What does mechanolatry mean?
Mechanolatry means worship of machines.
What part of speech is mechanolatry?
Mechanolatry is a noun.

Words near mechanolatry in the dictionary

  1. mechanoid
  2. mechanoids
  3. mechanoinsensitive
  4. mechanokinetic
  5. mechanokinetics
  6. mechanolatry
  7. mechanoloading
  8. mechanology
  9. mechanoluminescence
  10. mechanoluminescent
  11. mechanomagnetic

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