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replicant

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[rep-li-kuhnt] / ˈrɛp lɪˌkənt /

noun

  1. (in science fiction) a robot or other artificial being in the form of a human or other creature.

Etymology

Origin of replicant

First recorded in 1620–30; current sense was coined by David Peoples, U.S. screenwriter (born 1940), for the film Blade Runner (1982); from Late Latin replicant-, stem of present participle replicāns, from replicāre “to fold back”; re- ( def. ), ply 2, -ant

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