Meanings
nouncyborgism (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state of being a cyborg.
There’s some truth to poet and disability activist Jillian Weise’s argument in her essay "Common Cyborg" that the nondisabled “like us best with bionic arms and legs…. They want us shiny and metallic and in their image.” Cyborgism often serves as a way to make other people comfortable.
2021 March 4, Britt H Young, “I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it”, in Input
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cyborgism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyborgism
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