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Automaton [uh-TOM-uh-ton] (n.) - A moving mechanical device made in imitation of a person or animal. Used in a sentence: "I simply refuse to be another automaton for those Orwellian corporate overlords; now get out of my room, Mother!”
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Grandiloquent Word of the Day
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- A machine that performs a function or functions according to predetermined coded instructions, especially one capable of a range of programmed responses to different circumstances; a robot. From Latin via Greek “automatos” (acting of itself) from “autos” (self) First Known Use: 1611
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you should use alt text so o can share these
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