technosexual

Syllables: tech·no·sex·ualUK/ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/US/ˌtɛk.noʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

technosexual adjective: technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.

Adjective

technosexual (not comparable)

Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.
- […] Women of the time were constructed to be the technosexual Other, robot-like & programmable, as in Fritz Lang's film Metropolis (1927). Other images of women as sex machine in film & literature of the time are described. […]1997, Janet Lungstrum, Metropolis and the Technosexual Woman of German Modernity, in Women in the Metropolis: Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture (Katharina von Ankum, editor; Berkley: UC Press)...
- By contrast, women artists who considered the theme of the mannequin-woman precisely undermined this form of elision between women on the street and the idealised technosexual forms of woman displayed in magazines, shop windows and on advertising poles.1999, Marsha Meskimmon, We Weren't Modern Enough: Women Artists and the Limits of German Modernism, page 61
Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media.
- Immediate fallout from the scandal included a call for the mayor's resignation from the city's 900-member municipal union and public embarrassment for Kilpatrick's wife and family as the tragic technosexual tale spread nationwide thanks to coverage in […] prominent media outlets.2009, Nancy Flynn, The E-Policy Handbook: Rules and Best Practices to Safely Manage Your Company's E-Mail, Blogs, Social Networking, and Other Electronic Communication Tools, page 161
- They discuss the implications of online dating; online pornography; virtual sex in the fantasy worlds of Second Life and The Sims; and technosexual intercourse, an activity traditionally associated with phone sex but now embracing all manner of cyber-based connections such as "sexting" (sexually...2010, Daniel Reimold, Sex and the University: Celebrity, Controversy, and a Student Journalism Revolution, page 87

Noun

technosexual (plural technosexuals)

Someone with a sexual fetish for or sexual attraction to machines, robots, computers or androids.
- At this rate, I may give up on women entirely and become a technosexual.2004 March 22, Robert X. Cringeley, “Always the Last to Know”, in InfoWorld, number 12, page 14
- LESLIE: Don't forget, I was fucking a machine, not a man.
  GARY: What does that make you then, technosexual?2005, Johnny Blue, The Blue Riders' Club, Trafford, page 59
(neologism) A person, especially a male metrosexual, who expresses himself or herself (including in terms of sexuality) through technological devices.
- Metrosexuals have opened the door to close kin such as technosexuals (basically, metrosexuals who like gadgets).2006, Business Venezuela, issues 275-279 (Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce)
- But fast forward to today and it seems Mr. Joe has become a full-blown technosexual icon […]2007 May 9, Samantha Brett, Sydney Morning Herald, "Ask Sam TV Ep 10 - What women want next: the technosexual?" https://web.archive.org/web/20120402204111/http://blogs.smh.com.au/lifestyle/asksam/arch...

technosexual meaning in Bengali

technosexual in Bengali

যিনি যন্ত্র, রোবট, একজন ব্যক্তি, বিশেষত পুরুষ মেট্রোসেক্সুয়াল

Examples of technosexual in a sentence

It is a technosexual dominance marked by order, control, and precision, one which seeks to reduce the Other to disorder, chaos, and destruction through discourses of homophobia and masculinity.2007, Ashley Dawson, Malini Johar Schueller, Exceptional State: Contemporary U.S. Culture and the New Imperialism, page 167:
Aiming at a slightly older crowd, Calvin Klein introduced a pair of perfumes for the "technosexual generation" — the company's phrase, not mine — named CK in2U.2011, Mark Abley, The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English, page 227:
The technosexual admires their cold, emotionless, robotic texture, […]2010, Anthony Ferguson, The Sex Doll: A History, page 204:

Forms of technosexual

plural	technosexuals

Origin of technosexual

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.

Words that rhyme with technosexual

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Questions about technosexual

What does technosexual mean?: Technosexual means technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.
What is technosexual in Bengali?: Technosexual in Bengali is যিনি যন্ত্র, রোবট, একজন ব্যক্তি. See Technosexual meaning in Bengali.
How do you use technosexual in a sentence?: It is a technosexual dominance marked by order, control, and precision, one which seeks to reduce the Other to disorder, chaos, and destruction through discourses of homophobia and masculinity.
What part of speech is technosexual?: Technosexual can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce technosexual?: Technosexual is pronounced /ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/ (UK).

Words near technosexual in the dictionary

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