English Explanatory Dictionary

clockwork orange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person or organism with a mechanistic morality or lack of free will.

Word forms

clockwork orange clockwork oranges

Etymology

From the novel A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess, in which the main character is programmed to be incapable of antisocial behavior.

Related words

queer as a clockwork orange
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