technophilia means A love of new technologies. It carries an Arena rating of 1578, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, technophilia ranks #1,831 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #2,337 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #3,579 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #4,874 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
Why “technophilia” is a great word
A strong enthusiasm for or preoccupation with technology, especially new technology. From the combining form techno- (from Greek tekhnē, "art, craft, skill") + -philia (from Greek -philia, "love, affinity"), first attested in English in 1955 in a translation by G. Sircom. Unlike "technophile," which denotes the person, or "technocracy," which denotes a system of governance, technophilia is the abstract ardor itself. It is the gleam in the eye at an unboxing, the reverent hush in a server farm, the quiet conviction that the next iteration will be cleaner and brighter—a faith that the tool, in its sleekness, contains a kind of grace.
Etymology
From techno- + -philia.
noun
- A love of new technologies.e.g.“Near-synonym: technophoria”
- A sexual attraction to technology.
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Words closest in meaning
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- technophile 79% match — A person who is enthusiastic about technology, especially the technology of emerging fields such as aeronautics, space engineering, computing, or communication technology, during their respective phases of introduction and development. vs technophilia →
- technophilic 78% match — Of, having, or pertaining to technophilia. vs technophilia →
- technofetishism 71% match — A fixation on modern technology. vs technophilia →
- technofetishistic 70% match — Having a fixation on modern technology. vs technophilia →
- technofetishist 70% match — One who has a fixation on modern technology. vs technophilia →
- neophilia 69% match — The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. vs technophilia →
- technophilosophy 68% match — The philosophy of technology. vs technophilia →
- robophilia 66% match — Liking or favorable disposition toward robots and things associated with them. vs technophilia →