"iDollator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: iDollators [plural]
Etymology: From idolator and doll; capitalisation possibly influenced by i- (“alluding to cutting-edge or fashionable digital devices”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} iDollator (plural iDollators)
  1. One who prefers a love doll over a normal human relationship.
    Sense id: en-iDollator-en-noun-r2CujMg6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_text": "From idolator and doll; capitalisation possibly influenced by i- (“alluding to cutting-edge or fashionable digital devices”).",
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Jim Winters, “\"He treats objects like women, man!\"”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet)",
          "text": "As one iDollator wrote to the group, \"You are truly a family of open-minded people and it's so great to know I'm not alone.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth, page 88",
          "text": "It's not surprising, then, that these iDollators don't refer to their dolls as sex toys or masturbatory aides, but as “girlfriends.”",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Eva Christina, The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary",
          "text": "On top of it, McMullen talks about the continually growing online community of doll enthusiasts, called “iDollators,” where they meet up in the virtual world on DollForum.com.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, BurfordTJustice, “group of people called iDollators or technosexuals”, in alt.politics.scorched-earth (Usenet)",
          "text": "Davecat is part of a group of people called iDollators or technosexuals who say they are attracted to robots […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Michael Hauskeller, Sex and the Posthuman Condition",
          "text": "One of those who prefer the artificial lover to a real one is the self-declared technosexual and iDollator Davecat, who lives with two $6,000 RealDolls, one of which he regards as his wife and the other as his mistress.",
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          "ref": "2009, Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth, page 88",
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          "ref": "2011, Eva Christina, The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary",
          "text": "On top of it, McMullen talks about the continually growing online community of doll enthusiasts, called “iDollators,” where they meet up in the virtual world on DollForum.com.",
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