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fembot

Syllables: fem·botUK/ˈfɛmbɒt//ˈfɛmbɑt/

fembot noun: a robot in female or feminine form.

Noun

fembot (plural fembots)

  1. A robot in female or feminine form.
    • Yes, the girl is valuable. But, my fembots can do anything she can.1976 October 27, Arthur Rowe, Oliver Crawford, Kill Oscar (The Bionic Woman), season 2, episode 5, spoken by Dr. Franklin (John Houseman)
    • Jawohl, Herr Doktor. I have created the ultimate weapon to defeat Austin Powers. Send in the fembots!1997, Mike Myers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, spoken by Frau Farbissina (Mindy Sterling)
    Synonyms:
    gynoid, robotess
    1. (specifically) A female sexbot.
  2. (derogatory) A docile, unthinking and conformist woman.
    • [...] patriarchal socialization works to sap, stunt and tame this energy, leaving successfully adapted women as little more than 'fembots' or 'feminized artifacts' who have become the products and commodities of patriarchal 'necrophilic' sexual fantasy.1996, Melissa Raphael, Thealogy and Embodiment: The Post-Patriarchal Reconstruction of Female Sacrality, Sheffield Academic Press, →ISBN, page 61
    • Too many people, forgetting the discipline of love and rage, have read the "Manifesto" as the ramblings of a blissed-out, technobunny, fembot.2003, Donna Haraway, The Haraway Reader, Routledge, →ISBN, page 3
    Synonyms:
    Stepford

fembot meaning in Marathi

fembot in Marathi

robot in female form
फेमबॉट phembŏṭ

Synonyms of fembot

Forms of fembot

pluralfembots

Origin of fembot

Blend of female + -bot. Coined by screenwriters Arthur Rowe and Oliver Crawford in the television series The Bionic Woman (1976–1978), specifically in "Kill Oscar" (season 2, episode 5) first broadcast on October 27, 1976.

Words that rhyme with fembot

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Questions about fembot

What does fembot mean?
Fembot means a robot in female or feminine form.
What is fembot in Marathi?
Fembot in Marathi is फेमबॉट (phembŏṭ). See Fembot meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is fembot?
Fembot is a noun.
How do you pronounce fembot?
Fembot is pronounced /ˈfɛmbɒt/ (UK).
What is the plural of fembot?
The plural of fembot is fembots.

Words near fembot in the dictionary

  1. fembitches
  2. femble
  3. fembles
  4. femboi
  5. fembois
  6. fembot
  7. fembots
  8. femboy
  9. femboydom
  10. femboydoms
  11. femboyish

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