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clonelike

clonelike adjective: resembling clones; identical to one another.

Adjective

clonelike (comparative more clonelike, superlative most clonelike)

  1. Resembling clones; identical to one another
    • As in the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with its spiritually dead, clonelike "pod people," M.'s reaction to his real or imagined encounter with extraterrestrials comes to symbolize the dehumanization and de-emotionalization of contemporary life--the willful denial of connection to other...1988 October 21, Albert Williams, “Follies; 1000 Airplanes on the Roof”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of clonelike

comparativemore clonelike
superlativemost clonelike

Origin of clonelike

From clone + -like.

Questions about clonelike

What does clonelike mean?
Clonelike means resembling clones; identical to one another.
What part of speech is clonelike?
Clonelike is an adjective.

Words near clonelike in the dictionary

  1. clone town
  2. clone towns
  3. cloneable
  4. cloned
  5. cloneless
  6. clonelike
  7. clonemate
  8. clonemates
  9. cloner
  10. cloners
  11. clones

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