robotic
adjUK /ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪk/ · US /ɹoʊˈbɑtɪk/
Etymology From robot + -ic. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his short story Liar!.
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Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.
- You'd cut your own nose off before you'd let me get the credit for solving robotic telepathy.1941 May, Isaac Asimov, “Liar!”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 3, page 50:
- In Vice President Al Gore's campaign to change his robotic image, nothing may have helped more than the big smooch.2000 August 20, Caryn James, “The Nation; When a Kiss Isn't Just a Kiss”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2014:
1 more example
- President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum ordering an investigation of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and his use of the autopen […] is also nonsensical fan service, amplifying addled MAGA conspiracy theories that contend, with a straight face, that Biden was really a robotic clone.2025 June 7, Paul Rosenzweig, “The Biden Investigation Is a Path to Even Greater Lawlessness”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025:
- Derived terms
- antirobotic, biorobotic, chemorobotic, microrobotic, nanorobotic, neurorobotic, nonrobotic, quasirobotic, robotically, roboticisation, roboticise, roboticism, roboticist, roboticity, roboticization, roboticize, robotic lawn mower, roboticness, robotics, semirobotic, sociorobotic, telerobotic, unrobotic
- Related terms
- robopsychologist, robot