robotic

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robotic

/ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪk/ UK
/ɹəˈbɒt.ɪk/ UK
/ɹoʊˈbɑtɪk/ Atlantic Canada, US
[ɹoʊˈbɑ.ɾɪk] Atlantic Canada, US
/ɹəʉˈbɔt.ɪk/ Australia
[ɹəʉˈbɔɾ.ɪk] Australia

Where it comes from

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

adjective more robotic · most robotic

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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: automated, remote-controlled, machinery, mechanism, robot, cart, automatic, unmanned, robotical, automatonlike, computeristic, mechanistic, animatronic, biorobotic, mechatronical, mechatronic

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adj of, relating to, or resembling a robot

Español	robótico
Português	robótico
Français	robotique
Italiano	robotico
Ελληνικά	ρομποτικός rompotikós
Română	robotic
Русский	роботизи́рованный robotizírovannyj
العربية	رُوبُوتِيّ rōbōtiyy

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@misc{robotic_2026,
  title = {robotic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/robotic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}