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What is another word for mutants?

Pronunciation: [mjˈuːtənts] (IPA)

The word "mutants" can be defined as organisms that have undergone some kind of genetic mutation or change. There are several synonyms for the word "mutants" that can be used to describe these organisms. Some of these synonyms include "aberrations," "anomalies," "monsters," "freaks," "deviations" and "irregularities." These words are often used in science fiction and fantasy literature to describe creatures with supernatural or extraordinary powers. While mutants may be associated with negative connotations, some may possess abilities that make them powerful allies or formidable adversaries. Regardless of the context in which it is used, the term "mutants" always refers to beings that have somehow deviated from the norm.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Mutants

A most significant fact in regard to the linkage shown by the Drosophila mutants is that the number of linked groups corresponds to the number of pairs of the chromosomes.
"Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila"
Thomas Hunt Morgan Calvin B. Bridges
No mutants or Roving Intelligences allowed.
"Sympathetic Magic"
Paul Cameron Brown
In many cases, their children were mutants-not monsters, although there were many of them, too, which did not survive-but humans who were immune to radioactivity."
"Flight From Tomorrow"
Henry Beam Piper

Famous quotes with Mutants

  • My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that were advanced prematurely through the cell cycle and so divided at a reduced cell size.
    Paul Nurse
  • I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen.
    Timothy Leary
  • Keith has one of those all terrain things that will come in so handy when the world ends and we need a nine-thousand -cylinder engine to drive over those hordes of blood-thirsty mutants crawling all over the video-game landscape.
    Daniel Handler
  • I don't know how to care for the child. But I am dedicated to protecting and nurturing him at any cost! It is the function of the Guardian to protect hybrids and mutants in the vulnerable stage of infancy.
    William S. Burroughs
  • I'm either a mutant or a cripple, and I refuse to be a cripple. People pity cripples, but they're afraid of mutants Fear implies respect.
    Dean Koontz

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