automaton
automatons; automata
If you walk like an automaton, you move stiffly, like a robot. An automaton is something constructed to be human-like, or a person who seems to have lost the spark of life.
When you see the word, think of Frankenstein's monster, or C3PO from Star Wars. They're not quite human, but they were made to appear so. Used metaphorically, this word suggests the loss of joy and sense of life that makes someone seem like a robot or zombie. After a bad loss, the baseball team might be sitting around like a bunch of automatons. They're mopey and lifeless.
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a mechanism that can move automatically
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someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way“only an automaton wouldn't have noticed”
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type of:
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anomaly, unusual person
a person who is unusual
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anomaly, unusual person
Vocabulary lists containing automaton
In order to repay a debt, twelve-year-old Charlie agrees to help the cruel Cap'n Buck to capture several fugitive slaves. But when Charlie is confronted with the horrors of slavery, he is forced to reconsider his plans.
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