English edit

Etymology edit

mechano- +‎ -latry

Noun edit

mechanolatry (uncountable)

  1. Worship of machines.
    • 1938, Lewis Mumford with Bryan S. Turner, The Culture of Cities, page 442:
      It remains only to note that mechanolatry is a bastard religion: half its glories mock the very mechanical and scientific principles it superficially seeks to enthrone.