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robot
The term carries a duality of precision and sterility. In a technical sense, it evokes images of efficiency, repetitive accuracy, and the absence of human error, often associated with industrial automation or futuristic sci-fi technology.
When applied to humans, the word is almost always pejorative. It suggests a lack of agency, creativity, or empathy, describing someone who has been stripped of their individuality or is operating under strict, unthinking obedience.
Countable when referring to a physical machine or a specific person acting mechanically.
Meanings
A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.
The factory uses a robot to assemble the car doors.
A person who behaves in a mechanical or monotonous way without emotion.
He just follows orders like a robot.
Examples
That is a robot.