robotlike
Stiff and programmed
Robotlike describes movement, behavior, or manner that resembles a robot—mechanical, stiff, and lacking natural human warmth or spontaneity.
A robotlike voice is flat and emotionless.
Robotlike efficiency suggests precision without creativity.
The word usually carries negative connotations of someone going through motions without genuine engagement: She answered questions in a robotlike monotone.
Without compassion or emotion
- coldLow temperature state
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
blank · deadpan · affectless · wooden · stiff · flat · monotone · unemotional
Marked by recurrence
- automatedOperating without human control
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
uniform · predictable · programmed · rigid · jerky · stiff · calculated · metronomic
Produced artificially, not natural
- cyberneticHuman-machine hybrid technology
- bionicMechanically augmented human
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- automatedOperating without human control
programmed · digital · computerized · algorithmic · silicon-based · manufactured · engineered
Yielding to others' wishes
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- unquestioningAccepting without challenge
- dutifulMotivated by obligation
programmable · controllable · directed · instructed · commanded · docile · submissive · biddable
unfeeling
Without compassion or emotion
expressionless · blank · deadpan · affectless · wooden · stiff · flat · monotone · unemotional · dispassionate
repetitive
Marked by recurrence
- automatedOperating without human control
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
methodical · uniform · predictable · programmed · rigid · jerky · stiff · calculated · metronomic · clockwork
synthetic
Produced artificially, not natural
- cyberneticHuman-machine hybrid technology
- bionicMechanically augmented human
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
automated · programmed · digital · computerized · algorithmic · silicon-based · manufactured · engineered
compliant
Yielding to others' wishes
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- unquestioningAccepting without challenge
dutiful · programmable · controllable · directed · instructed · commanded · docile · submissive · biddable · tractable
robotlikeexpressive
Showing feelings outwardly
warm · emotional · passionate · effusive · animated
robotlikespontaneous
Arising without external cause
natural · free-spirited · impulsive · unpredictable · organic
robotlikehuman
Homo sapiens individual
humane · personable · lifelike · nonmechanical · individualistic
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