robotic
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his short story Liar!.
Pronunciation
- enPR: rō-bot′ik
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Adjective
robotic (comparative more robotic, superlative most robotic)
- Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.
- 1941 May, Isaac Asimov, “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, Caryn James, “The Nation; When a Kiss Isn't Just a Kiss”, in The New York Times[1]:
- In Vice President Al Gore's campaign to change his robotic image, nothing may have helped more than the big smooch.
Related terms
Translations
of, relating to, or resembling a robot
References
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “robotic”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 165.
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