cybergenetic

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adjective

Created by computer in imitation of life

OriginEnglish genetic ← Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós) →
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Meanings

adjectivecybergenetic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCreated by computer in imitation of life

    In the background is a matrix of her mixed cybergenetic kin, all resulting from different "racial" crosses effected by a computer program.

    1997, Donna J. Haraway, Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium.FemaleMan©_Meets_OncoMouse™, →ISBN, page 259
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to the interface between the electronic and the biological

    I'm surprised they don't have some kind of cybergenetic plug in the back of their heads.

    2004 April 18, Richard Fausset, quoting Mike Carlson, “El Camino Is Academic Champ -- Again”, in Los Angeles Times, page B1

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  2. Englishcyberneticclip.
  3. Englishcyber-
  4. Englishgenetic
  5. Englishcybergenetic

From cyber- + genetic.

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Cite this entry
APA

cybergenetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybergenetic

MLA

“cybergenetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybergenetic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cybergenetic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybergenetic.

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