meat puppet
Someone else's vessel
A meat puppet is a person whose body is controlled by another entity—originally in science fiction, someone whose consciousness has been suppressed while another mind operates their flesh.
The term extends to people seen as mindless vessels for others' agendas: politicians parroting talking points, spokespersons reading scripts.
In online contexts, a meat puppet is someone recruited to support another user's position while pretending to be independent—a human sock puppet.
The word carries contempt, reducing a person to manipulated flesh.
String-controlled theatrical figure
- stringsThin flexible lines
- pawnUnwitting tool of another
- toolDevice for a task
- stoogeEasily manipulated pawn
patsy · dupe · plaything · instrument · controlled · handler · proxy · front man
Denying inherent worth
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
disparaging · disdainful · belittling · reductive · biological · fleshbag · meatbag · organic
Human cognitive system
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- neuralOf nerve tissue
implant · cybernetic · synthetic · biotech · augmentation · transhumanism · posthuman · biomechanical
marionette
String-controlled theatrical figure
stooge · patsy · dupe · plaything · instrument · controlled · handler · proxy · front man · cat's paw
dehumanizing
Denying inherent worth
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
pejorative · disparaging · disdainful · belittling · reductive · biological · fleshbag · meatbag · organic · corporeal
wetware
Human cognitive system
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
neural · implant · cybernetic · synthetic · biotech · augmentation · transhumanism · posthuman · biomechanical · replicant
meat puppetfree agent
Unsigned professional seeking employment
independent thinker · free will · maverick · freethinker · self-starter
meat puppetavatar
Digital user representation
mind upload · spirit · soul · astral form · AI
meat puppetpuppeteer
Performer controlling jointed figures
puppet master · mastermind · controller · manipulator · string-puller
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