technosexual

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: tĕk′nō-sĕk′sho͞o-əl (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌtɛk.noʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ Rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl, -ɛkʃuːəl Hyphenation: tech‧no‧sex‧ual === Adjective === technosexual (not comparable) Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way. 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), pages 128-144; abstract: […] 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. […] Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media. ==== Related terms ==== technosex technosexuality === Noun === technosexual (plural technosexuals) Someone with a sexual fetish for or sexual attraction to machines, robots, computers or androids. [since 2004] (neologism) A person, especially a male metrosexual, who expresses himself or herself (including in terms of sexuality) through technological devices. [since 2006] 2006, Business Venezuela, issues 275-279 (Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce): Metrosexuals have opened the door to close kin such as technosexuals (basically, metrosexuals who like gadgets). 2007 May 9, Samantha Brett, Sydney Morning Herald, "Ask Sam TV Ep 10 - What women want next: the technosexual?" [1]: But fast forward to today and it seems Mr. Joe has become a full-blown technosexual icon […] ==== Translations ====