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noun someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
noun a mechanism that can move automatically
originFrom Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self moving, self willed”). Doublet of automat.
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