technolust

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noun

A strong desire for modern technology.

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Meanings

nountechnolust (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA strong desire for modern technology.

    The ultimate source of CMW lies in the first blushes of technolust, when the hobbyist realizes with startling certainty that he has to have a motherboard[…]

    1984 December 31, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 53, page 8
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    John Buschmann has raised some compelling points about technolust in libraries. He suggests that electronic resources are perceived as having a higher status than print resources[…]

    1995, Walt Crawford, Michael Gorman, Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality, page 42

Origin

From techno- + lust.

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APA

technolust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technolust

MLA

“technolust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technolust. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “technolust,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technolust.

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