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replicant
[ rep-li-kuhnt ]
noun
- (in science fiction) a robot or other artificial being in the form of a human or other creature.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of replicant1
First recorded in 1620–30; current sense was coined by David Peoples, U.S. screenwriter (born 1940), for the film Blade Runner (1982); from Late Latin replicant-, stem of present participle replicāns, from replicāre “to fold back”; re- ( def ), ply 2, -ant
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Example Sentences
Reincarnated as a RepliLuxe, a smaller-than-life yet “life-like” artificial replicant.
From The Daily Beast
It is a point in both that the replicant is a wee boy (gossen, som liten var).
From Project Gutenberg
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