robotizev.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊbətʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈroʊbəˌtaɪz/

Forms: 1900s– robotise, 1900s– robotize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: robot n.², -ize suffix.

Etymology: < robot n.² + -ize suffix.

1. transitive. To automate (a process, factory, or industry); to mechanize. Also: to turn (a person) into a robot.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (transitive)] > render mechanical

machine1916

robotize1927

society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > adopt doctrines, methods, or management systems [verb (transitive)] > automate

robotize1927

automatize1952

automate1954

cybernate1962

1927 Daily Express 7 Nov. 10/2 Lacking a skilled class of artisans, it is only by Robotising industry that she can hope to fight her way back to prosperity.

1930 Observer 16 Feb. 17/6 He adds..that in machine mass production lies the foundation of the evil, saying: ‘We must not robotise America.’

1952 B. Wolfe Limbo xv. 236 Even when I was a kid the big plants had been pretty completely robotized.

1975 New Yorker 21 Apr. 24/2 Katharine Ross plays the young New Yorker who moves to Stepford and discovers that the wives have been robotized by their husbands.

2004 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) June 39/2 Even that minute sample had taken us to the limits of what we could do without overhauling our procedures (for example, by robotizing repetitive steps).

2. transitive. figurative. To cause to become mechanical or emotionless; to make robotic in character.

ΚΠ

1928 Daily Express 20 Apr. 13/3 Sir William Joynson-Hicks..protested that he had not seen any sign during the last few months that the House [of Commons] had become robotised.

1960 Slavic & East European Jrnl. 4 315 The threat that modern technology may ‘robotize’ man.

1973 Jrnl. Aesthetic Educ. 7 76 A technologically dominated mass society depersonalizes and robotizes life.

1983 G. Amada Guide to Psychotherapy viii. 34 Many prospective patients..anticipate that psychotherapy will nullify their originality..and independence; in other words, robotize them.

2002 P. Kobrak Cozy Politics i. ii. 71 The press blamed the consultants for sanitizing and almost robotizing their candidate-clients.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	robotize
释义	robotizev. Brit. /ˈrəʊbətʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈroʊbəˌtaɪz/ Forms: 1900s– robotise, 1900s– robotize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: robot n.², -ize suffix. Etymology: < robot n.² + -ize suffix. 1. transitive. To automate (a process, factory, or industry); to mechanize. Also: to turn (a person) into a robot. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (transitive)] > render mechanical machine1916 robotize1927 society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > adopt doctrines, methods, or management systems [verb (transitive)] > automate robotize1927 automatize1952 automate1954 cybernate1962 1927 Daily Express 7 Nov. 10/2 Lacking a skilled class of artisans, it is only by Robotising industry that she can hope to fight her way back to prosperity. 1930 Observer 16 Feb. 17/6 He adds..that in machine mass production lies the foundation of the evil, saying: ‘We must not robotise America.’ 1952 B. Wolfe Limbo xv. 236 Even when I was a kid the big plants had been pretty completely robotized. 1975 New Yorker 21 Apr. 24/2 Katharine Ross plays the young New Yorker who moves to Stepford and discovers that the wives have been robotized by their husbands. 2004 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) June 39/2 Even that minute sample had taken us to the limits of what we could do without overhauling our procedures (for example, by robotizing repetitive steps). 2. transitive. figurative. To cause to become mechanical or emotionless; to make robotic in character. ΚΠ 1928 Daily Express 20 Apr. 13/3 Sir William Joynson-Hicks..protested that he had not seen any sign during the last few months that the House [of Commons] had become robotised. 1960 Slavic & East European Jrnl. 4 315 The threat that modern technology may ‘robotize’ man. 1973 Jrnl. Aesthetic Educ. 7 76 A technologically dominated mass society depersonalizes and robotizes life. 1983 G. Amada Guide to Psychotherapy viii. 34 Many prospective patients..anticipate that psychotherapy will nullify their originality..and independence; in other words, robotize them. 2002 P. Kobrak Cozy Politics i. ii. 71 The press blamed the consultants for sanitizing and almost robotizing their candidate-clients. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1927
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