Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meatspace

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: meatspace
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The physical world, as opposed to the virtual world of the Internet.

Derogatory; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In this short manifesto, Barlow erects an 'electronic frontier' between the legislature, marketsand social mores of what he terms elsewhere 'Meatspace' and the radical otherness of cyberspace."
"The HBO sci-fi blockbuster Westworld has been an inspiring look into what humanlike robots can do for us in the meatspace."

Etymology

From meat + space, by analogy with cyberspace. Compare in the flesh and meatbag.

Usage

Inflected Forms

meat space (alternative) meat-space (alternative)

Phrases

meat puppet meeting place

Frequently Paired Words

meatbag meat puppet meeting place

Synonyms

fleshspace IRL offline real life

Antonyms

cyberspace

Questions

What does meatspace mean?: The physical world, as opposed to the virtual world of the Internet.
Where does meatspace come from?: From meat + space, by analogy with cyberspace. Compare in the flesh and meatbag.

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