replicant n. 2
a person who acts or behaves like a replicant n. 1, esp. in imitating or resembling others; a conformist person; a clone
SF Encyclopedia
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1987
Reaganโs loss of popularity as a result of Iranscam removes the strongest justification for Laxaltโs candidacy. If the public is dissatisfied with Reaganโs performance, why should it vote for a Reagan replicant?
in Atlantic Monthly July 67/1
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1993 UNIX Rev. May 65 (advt.)
The database replicants over in accounting. The PC droids in sales.
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2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 26 Nov. 40
She turned far too many celebrities into ultra-girly, weak, over made-up replicants.
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2023
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Jobs at these companies were playful, free-form, creative! Hierarchies, like those dreaded ties sported by the loser replicants of IBM, were gone.
The Rise & Fall of the Dot-Com Foosball Table in Medium.com 10 Mar.
Research requirements
antedating 1987
Earliest cite
W. Schneider in Atlantic Monthly
Research History
Enoch Forrester submitted a 1987 cite from an article by William Schneider in the Atlantic Monthly. (Earliest cite in the OED: 1993)
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