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Definition of Puppetlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a puppet or some aspect of one; mechanical, controlled by another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puppetlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puppetlike
Literary usage of Puppetlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Soviet Strategy in Southern Africa: Gorbachev's Pragmatic Approach by Peter Vanneman (1990)
"The term pro-Soviet is too strong because it indicates an automaton or puppetlike
relationship, which is uncharacteristic of African intellectuals and ..."
2. Inflation and Growth in China: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Beijing edited by Manuel Guitian, Robert Mundell (1998)
"... and the puppetlike micromanagement system—was a product in China of institutional
innovation induced by the Government's attempt to pursue a strategy to ..."
3. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"Shall I, true puppetlike, be mock'd with state, Have nothing but the name of
being great; Attend at councils which I must not weigh, Do what they bid, ..."
4. The Commedia Dell'arte: A Study in Italian Popular Comedy by Winifred Smith (1912)
"It is all very well to be conservatively judicious in estimating the influence
of the puppetlike Masks on foreign stages and cautiously sceptical in ..."
5. The Commedia Dell'arte: A Study in Italian Popular Comedy by Winifred Smith (1912)
"It is all very well to be conservatively judicious in estimating the influence
of the puppetlike Masks on foreign stages and cautiously sceptical in ..."
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