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Vinony

robotic

adjective

  1. like a robot
  2. relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪk/ / /ɹəˈbɒt.ɪk/ / /ɹoʊˈbɑtɪk/

adj

Etymology: From robot + -ic. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his short story Liar!.

  1. 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.”

    “In Vice President Al Gore's campaign to change his robotic image, nothing may have helped more than the big smooch.”