Robocop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹoʊ.boʊˌkɑp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Robocop is a noun meaning (science fiction) A cyborg police officer.
Meaning
(science fiction) A cyborg police officer.
Example Sentences
Robocops, touted by state media as a way of beefing up Shenzhen’s security apparatus, are nowhere to be seen.
Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.
1990, Library and Information Technology Association (U.S.). National Conference, Michael Gorman, Convergence: Proceedings of the Second National Conference... As the World Wars were succeeded by the Korean War, which melded into the Vietnam War, science fiction pictured numerous dystopias controlled by means of ever-watchful computer and robocops.
Word Forms
- robocops
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include robopocalypse, synth, robocar, autodoc, robochef, robocolleague.
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