digisexual

English

Etymology

From digi- +‎ -sexual.

Noun

digisexual (plural digisexuals)

1. (neologism) A person who is sexually attracted to robots or other technologically-mediated forms of sexuality.
   • 2013, Scott Adams, Your New Job Title Is "Accomplice": A Dilbert Book, →ISBN, page 67:

     No Thanks. I'm a digisexual now.

   • 2017 November 29, “Future 'Digisexuals' Will Face Discrimination for Fucking Robots, Professors Warn”, in Broadly:

     “The more we studied the emergence of what we call ‘second wave’ digisexual technologies ... the more we realized that digisexuals are going to emerge as a real community, and they are going to face resistance from the start,” McArthur says.

   • 2017, Neil McArthur, Markie L.C. Twist, “The rise of digisexuality: Therapeutic challenges and possibilities”, in Sexual and Relationship Therapy:

     As these technologies advance, their adoption will grow, and many people may come to identify themselves as “digisexuals”–people whose primary sexual identity comes through the use of technology.

Derived terms

• digisexuality

 

See also

• fictosexual