cyborg

noun

cy·​borg ˈsī-ˌbȯrg How to pronounce cyborg (audio)
: a bionic human

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That Brat is a codex of fresh musical language was made clear on the remix album, which invited a wide cast of performers to try on Charli’s style of cyborg confessionalism. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024 The resulting object is uncanny in the extreme, a manifestation of how humanity might appear from a cyborg’s perspective. Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024 The new game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, was announced on Thursday in a cryptic trailer at the Game Awards that showed a few seconds of gameplay in which the protagonist battles a hulking cyborg with swordlike weapons. Zachary Small, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024 James Harden, 35, has played more minutes in the regular season and postseason than anyone — except for cyborg LeBron James — since being drafted in 2009. Law Murray, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cyborg 

Word History

Etymology

cybernetic + organism

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cyborg was in 1960

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“Cyborg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyborg. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

cyborg

noun
cy·​borg ˈsī-ˌbȯ(ə)rg How to pronounce cyborg (audio)
: a bionic human

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