robotic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪk/, /ɹəˈbɒt.ɪk/

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• (US, Canada) enPR: rō-bŏ′tik IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈbɑtɪk/, [ɹoʊˈbɑ.ɾɪk]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹəʉˈbɔt.ɪk/, [ɹəʉˈbɔɾ.ɪk]

Adjective

robotic (comparative more robotic, superlative most robotic)

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.
   • 1941 May, Isaac Asimov, “Liar!”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 3, page 50:

     You'd cut your own nose off before you'd let me get the credit for solving robotic telepathy.

   • 2000 August 20, Caryn James, “The Nation; When a Kiss Isn't Just a Kiss”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 26 October 2014:

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

   • 2025 June 7, Paul Rosenzweig, “The Biden Investigation Is a Path to Even Greater Lawlessness”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 7 June 2025:

     President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum ordering an investigation of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and his use of the autopen […] is also nonsensical fan service, amplifying addled MAGA conspiracy theories that contend, with a straight face, that Biden was really a robotic clone.

Derived terms

• antirobotic
• biorobotic
• chemorobotic
• microrobotic
• nanorobotic
• neurorobotic
• nonrobotic
• quasirobotic
• robotically
• roboticisation
• roboticise
• roboticism
• roboticist
• roboticity
• roboticization
• roboticize
• robotic lawn mower
• roboticness
• robotics
• semirobotic
• sociorobotic
• telerobotic
• unrobotic

Related terms

• robopsychologist
• robot

Translations

of, relating to, or resembling a robot

Albanian: robotik m, robotike f Arabic: رُوبُوتِيّ (rōbōtiyy) Aromanian: rubutescu m, rubuteascã f Catalan: robòtic Czech: robotický Esperanto: robota (eo) Finnish: robotti- (fi) French: robotique (fr) Georgian: რობოტული (roboṭuli) Greek: ρομποτικός (el) (rompotikós) Italian: robotico (it) Norman: robotique Polish: robotyczny (pl) Portuguese: robótico (pt) Romanian: robotic Russian: роботизи́рованный (ru) (robotizírovannyj) Spanish: robótico Turkish: robotik (tr)

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “robotic”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 165.
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2025), “robotic n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Anagrams

• coorbit

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French robotique. By surface analysis, robot +‎ -ic.

Adjective

robotic m or n (feminine singular robotică, masculine plural robotici, feminine/neuter plural robotice)

1. robotic

Declension

Declension of robotic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	robotic		robotică		robotici	robotice
	definite	roboticul		robotica		roboticii	roboticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	robotic		robotice		robotici	robotice
	definite	roboticului		roboticei		roboticilor	roboticelor