AUTOMATON


Meaning of AUTOMATON in English

(~s, or automata)

1.

If you say that someone is an ~, you are critical of them because they behave as if they are so tired or bored that they do things without thinking.

N-COUNT disapproval

2.

An ~ is a small, mechanical figure that can move automatically.

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