Meanings
nounmechanolatry (uncountable)
- uncountableWorship of machines.
It remains only to note that mechanolatry is a bastard religion: half its glories mock the very mechanical and scientific principles it superficially seeks to enthrone.
1938, Lewis Mumford with Bryan S. Turner, The Culture of Cities, page 442
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mechanolatry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanolatry
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