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sex +‎ -bot

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sexbot (plural sexbots)

  1. (science fiction) A robot designed to have sexual intercourse with humans.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sexbot
    • 2000, Richard Rhodes, Visions of technology:
      Jealous wives may destroy sexbot rivals and sue the manufacturer.
    • 2000, Joseph N Pelton, e-Sphere: the rise of the world-wide mind:
      Another way that virtual entertainment might go is in the direction of the so-called sexbot. This would be a robotic device with artificial skin []
    • 2002, Jason Sullivan, The Dark Yergall:
      Having a sexbot had turned out to be more than Nosir had anticipated.
    • 2006, David N L Levy, Robots unlimited: life in a virtual age:
      Given that people become addicted to all sorts of pleasures from slot machines to e-mail, sexbot addiction might be inevitable []
    • 2021 July 25, Claire Armitstead, quoting Jeanette Winterson, “Jeanette Winterson: ‘The male push is to discard the planet: all the boys are going off into space’”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Then, we have sexbots, which are based on 1950 stereotypes about how a woman should behave: acquiescent, willing, always ready and patient in the home. How can that combo of 50s behaviour and porn-star looks be good for us as Homo sapiens?
  2. A lifelike love doll integrated with robotics to simulate human body movements and intelligence.

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