Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat.

    Veggiefleisch, Fleischersatz

    сойлентsojlent

Examples

2 sentences
  1. In the sci-fi movie Soylent Green, there is institutionalized euthanasia because of overpopulation.

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  2. Soylent Green is people!

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
undesirable artificial foodstuff:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
undesirable artificial foodstuff:

Origin

Blend of soy + lentil, coined in Harry Harrison's 1966 Make Room! Make Room!

Blend of soy + lentil, coined in Harry Harrison's 1966 Make Room! Make Room!

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Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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