robotic
English
Etymology
Coined by Isaac Asimov in his 1941 short story Liar!.
Adjective
robotic (comparative more robotic, superlative most robotic)
- Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.
- 1941 May, Asimov, Isaac, “Liar!”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 3, page 50:
- You'd cut your own nose off before you'd let me get the credit for solving robotic telepathy.
- 2000 August 20, James, Caryn, “The Nation; When a Kiss Isn't Just a Kiss”, in The New York Times:
- In Vice President Al Gore's campaign to change his robotic image, nothing may have helped more than the big smooch.
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Translations
References
- “robotic” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-530567-8, page 165.
- robotic n. at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project
Anagrams
- coorbit, corbito
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