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Randroid en · ADJ

Blend of Rand + android.

(derogatory, slang) Supporting Ayn Rand's philosophies, particularly overzealously.
- “Socialists think we're sociopathic Randroid moneyobsessed Silicon Valley hypercapitalists. But Silicon Valley thinks we're all overregulation-loving authoritarian communist bureaucrats. . . . Get in now, while it’s still unpopular!” 2024 March 18, Andrew Marantz, quoting Scott Alexander, “О.К., Doomer”, in The New Yorker, page 50:
- At the same meeting I was interviewed by the philosopher and historian George Walsh, a follower of Ayn Rand. The interview turned out to be a disaster, for after it had already been scheduled Walsh heard from Harry Binswanger — a Randroid loyalist I used to call the Basil Rathbone of the Objectivist gang, since since he seemed to fit the image of a ruthless henchman — that I was a "liar." 2004, Tibor R. Machan, The Man Without A Hobby: Adventures of a Gregarious Egoist, Hamilton Books, →ISBN, page 107:
- Their high-minded contextually-applied principles typically deteriorated in practice into a ranting rule-mongering no more edifying than that of the plebeian Randroid contingent. 1999, Jeff Walker, The Ayn Rand Cult, Open Court, →ISBN, page 199:

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Blend of Rand + android.

(derogatory, slang) A supporter of Ayn Rand's philosophies, particularly an overzealous one.
- Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The only trouble with Rand's brand of "freedom" is having to take your brain to the cleaners weekly. Libertarians and Randroids. Always walking around and muttering to themselves; worrying about everyone else's lack of morals. Never met a bigger bunch of crooks in my life. 1980 — Barry B. Longyear, Science Fiction Writer's Workshop-I: An Introduction to Fiction Mechanics, iUniverse (2002), page 123
- […] She was a very unpleasant lady, and one of the most unpleasant things about her was that she was what you might call a 'born-again Randroid,' someone who'd taken Ayn Rand's teachings to such extremes that she made Rand herself look like a flaming liberal by comparison. You know the type?" 2007, Wayne Dwight Richards, Richard Ransdell, & LaDawna Word-Denslow, Dragon Drive: A Comedia Mundana, iUniverse, →ISBN:
- Despite being populated by Randroids (Ayn Rand devotees) and sci-fi geeks, 4chan's literature board is another that continually surprises with clever content. 2011, Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web, The Overlook Press, →ISBN:

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