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technolust

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Etymology

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From techno- +‎ lust.

Noun

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technolust (uncountable)

  1. A strong desire for modern technology.
    • 1984 December 31, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 53, page 8:
      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 []
    • 1995, Walt Crawford, Michael Gorman, Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality, page 42:
      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 []

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