sexbot

English

Etymology

From sex +‎ -bot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sexbot (plural sexbots)

1. (science fiction) A robot designed to have sexual intercourse with humans.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sexbot

   • 2000, Richard Rhodes, Visions of technology:

     Jealous wives may destroy sexbot rivals and sue the manufacturer.

   • 2000, Joseph N Pelton, e-Sphere: the rise of the world-wide mind:

     Another way that virtual entertainment might go is in the direction of the so-called sexbot. This would be a robotic device with artificial skin […]

   • 2002, Jason Sullivan, The Dark Yergall:

     Having a sexbot had turned out to be more than Nosir had anticipated.

   • 2006, David N L Levy, Robots unlimited: life in a virtual age:

     Given that people become addicted to all sorts of pleasures from slot machines to e-mail, sexbot addiction might be inevitable […]

   • 2021 July 25, Claire Armitstead, quoting Jeanette Winterson, “Jeanette Winterson: ‘The male push is to discard the planet: all the boys are going off into space’”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Then, we have sexbots, which are based on 1950 stereotypes about how a woman should behave: acquiescent, willing, always ready and patient in the home. How can that combo of 50s behaviour and porn-star looks be good for us as Homo sapiens?

2. A lifelike love doll integrated with robotics to simulate human body movements and intelligence.

Hyponyms

• malebot
• fembot

Anagrams

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