technolust

English

Etymology

From techno- +‎ lust.

Noun

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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