technofetish

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noun

A technological fetish.

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Meanings

nountechnofetish (plural technofetishes)

plural technofetishes

  1. A technological fetish.

    As a seductive technofetish, cyberspace promises the fantasy of a feminized subjectivity, typically understood to be less dependent on oedipal individuation, and more fluid, than masculine subjectivity.

    2008, Derek A. Burrill, Die Tryin': Videogames, Masculinity, Culture, page 30

Origin

From techno- + fetish.

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APA

technofetish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technofetish

MLA

“technofetish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technofetish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “technofetish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technofetish.

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