"fembot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛmbɒt/ Forms: fembots [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|female|-bot}} Blend of female + -bot Head templates: {{en-noun}} fembot (plural fembots)
  1. (science fiction) A robot in female form. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Female
    Sense id: en-fembot-en-noun-FrzULAjx Disambiguation of Female: 35 42 23 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 37 43 21 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
  2. (science fiction) A robot in female form.
    (specifically) A female sexbot.
    Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Science fiction, Female, Fictional characters, Robotics, Sex, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-fembot-en-noun-jeKcu49D Disambiguation of Female: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 15 66 19 Disambiguation of Robotics: 13 83 4 Disambiguation of Sex: 4 81 16 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 15 75 11 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Marathi translations Disambiguation of English blends: 37 43 21 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 54 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 64 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 61 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 66 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 23 68 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 64 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 70 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 22 65 13 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
  3. (derogatory) A docile, unthinking and conformist woman. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Female, People Synonyms (unthinking woman): Stepford
    Sense id: en-fembot-en-noun-teWtnPcy Disambiguation of Female: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of People: 1 1 98 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 37 43 21 Disambiguation of 'unthinking woman': 7 8 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (robot): gynoid, robotess Translations (robot in female form): robotino (Esperanto), gynoidi (Finnish), gynoïde [feminine] (French), robote [feminine] (French), फेमबॉट (phembŏṭ) [feminine] (Marathi)
Disambiguation of 'robot': 50 50 0 Disambiguation of 'robot in female form': 50 50 0

Inflected forms

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