automaton
(noun)
noun
1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
- only an automaton wouldn't have noticed
Similar word(s): zombi, zombie
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
2. a mechanism that can move automatically
Definition categories: man–made, mechanism
Sentences with automaton as a noun:
- Due to her strict adherence to her daily schedule, Jessica was becoming more and more convinced that she was an automaton.
- A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second, that second for a third, and so on 'til the bulk of the society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering. - Thomas Jefferson