cyborg

noun

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

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And then these little tentacles start to become like more tumors that can expand and expand, and then this starts to sort of create a cyborg, this sort of half-vampire, half-spaceship. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024 The developer’s highs are undeniable (2017’s Observer delivered pitch-perfect cyberpunk shocks starring none other than tears-in-the-rain cyborg Rutger Hauer); its lows are arguably best left in the past (2021’s The Medium fumbled a story of intergenerational trauma). Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024 Charli’s brutally high-energy punk-disco cyborg aesthetic just comes alive with these other voices chiming in. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024 Wearable technology like the Meta Orion glasses brings us even closer to what Donna Haraway, a professor of history of consciousness, described as cyborg. Gerui Wang, Forbes, 30 Sep. 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 18 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

cyborg

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

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