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replicant

replicant adjective: replicative.

Adjective

replicant (comparative more replicant, superlative most replicant)

  1. replicative

Noun

replicant (plural replicants)

  1. A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.
  2. (archaic) One who replies.

Forms of replicant

Adjective
comparativemore replicant
superlativemost replicant
Noun
pluralreplicants

Origin of replicant

From Latin replicāns, present participle of replicō. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

Questions about replicant

What does replicant mean?
Replicant means replicative.
What part of speech is replicant?
Replicant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near replicant in the dictionary

  1. replica
  2. replicabilities
  3. replicability
  4. replicable
  5. replicably
  6. replicant
  7. replicants
  8. replicas
  9. replicase
  10. replicases
  11. replicatability

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