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technosexual.

Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/Received-Pronunciation/ˌtɛk.noʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/General-American
  1. Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.

    not-comparable
  2. Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/Received-Pronunciation/ˌtɛk.noʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/General-American
  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.

    neologism
Where this word comes from

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.

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