technosexual

/ˌtɛk.nəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/

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.

adj

  1. 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. […]”
  2. 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.”

noun

  1. 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.”
  2. 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).”