brain-dead en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɹeɪnˌdɛd/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From brain + dead. Coined by the Harvard physician Henry K. Beecher in the historical context of the Sixties counterculture and life extension technology of the late twentieth century.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
An employee of the mayor's office was declared brain-dead on Sunday morning after she and another woman were struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, the authorities said.
2010 February 22, Michael S. Schmidt, Karen Zraick, “Hit and Run in Brooklyn Leaves One Brain-Dead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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(colloquial, derogatory) Having no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy.
"AI has been brain-dead since the 1970s," said AI guru Marvin Minsky in a recent speech at Boston University. Minsky co-founded the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1959 with John McCarthy.
2003 May 13, Mark Baard, quoting Marvin Minsky, “AI Founder Blasts Modern Research”, in Wired, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| braindead | alternative | lexicographic | |
| brain dead | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most brain-dead | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more brain-dead | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (30)
nb hjernedød (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · nn hjernedød (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · fi järjetön (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · it cerebroleso (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · da hjernedød (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · sv hjärndöd (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · es muerto cerebral (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · fr en état de mort cérébrale (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · nb hjernedød (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · nn hjernedaud (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · hu agyhalott (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · es descerebrado (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · es muerto cerebral (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · pt com morte cerebral (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · fi älyvapaa (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · fi aivokuollut (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · da åndssvag (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · sv hjärndöd (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · pl w stanie śmierci mózgu (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · nn hjernedaud (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · pt cerebralmente morto (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · da hjernedød (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · pt descerebrado (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · af breindood (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · nl hersendood (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · de hirntot (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · fi aivoton (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · nn hjernedød (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) · it testa vuota (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) · cmn 脑残 (colloquially: having no useful thoughts)