clonelike

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adjective

Resembling clones; identical to one another

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveclonelike (comparative more clonelike, superlative most clonelike)

comparative more clonelike · superlative most clonelike

  1. Resembling clones; identical to one another
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    As in the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with its spiritually dead, clonelike "pod people," M.'s reaction to his real or imagined encounter with extraterrestrials comes to symbolize the dehumanization and de-emotionalization of contemporary life--the willful denial of connection to other humans and the avoidance of introspection.

    1988 October 21, Albert Williams, “Follies; 1000 Airplanes on the Roof”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

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APA

clonelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clonelike

MLA

“clonelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clonelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clonelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clonelike.

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