technophilia
- noun
- /ˌtɛk.nəˈfɪl.i.ə/
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tecnofilia
- Many young people today show technophilia by eagerly embracing the latest smartphones and gadgets.
Examples
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(23) Quoted in Doane, "Technophilia" 174.
Fiction book (1996) -
In other words, technological fetishism, or technophilia, is a discourse of origins, the ground of which is the maternal body, or more precisely, the original loss of her body.
Fiction book (1996) -
You can also catch Dave, Justin, and James on the Earth's best technology podcast, the Technophilia Podcast.
Blog text (2) -
Check out JustinPot.com, or if you like audio, you can listen to Justin, alongside James and Dave, on Technophilia, Earth's favorite technology podcast.
Blog text (11) -
I was one of the attendees, a nature writer and science-fiction fan, someone sick of hopelessness but wary of blithe technophilia.
Academic text (2010) -
Thus, on the one hand, fear of technology displacing the natural and, on the other, fear of the maternal/female body itself, together underwrite both the structures of technophilia pervasive in science fiction cinema and its recurrent interest in the maternal.
Fiction book (1996) -
Her technophilia was evident when she spent hours discussing the newest advancements in artificial intelligence.
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As a writer for a tech magazine, his technophilia drives him to explore every new innovation on the market.
Antonyms
How Enthusiastic
Surface Forms
Morphology
technophilia = technology (semi-transparent) = techno + philia
The element 'technology' is obvious, but '-philia' is a specialized combining form meaning 'love/affinity' that many B1 learners may not know.
Etymology
The word technophilia comes from two Greek parts: techno- meaning 'skill' or 'craft', as in technology, and -philia meaning 'love'. So, technophilia is the 'love of technology', which is why it means a strong enthusiasm for new tech.