Randroid
Supporting Ayn Rand's philosophies, particularly overzealously.
Adjective
- Supporting Ayn Rand's philosophies, particularly overzealously.
- Their high-minded contextually-applied principles typically deteriorated in practice into a ranting rule-mongering no more edifying than that of the plebeian Randroid contingent. - 1999, Jeff Walker, The Ayn Rand Cult,...
- At the same meeting I was interviewed by the philosopher and historian George Walsh, a follower of Ayn Rand. The interview turned out to be a disaster, for after it had already been scheduled Walsh heard from Harry...
- “Socialists think we're sociopathic Randroid moneyobsessed Silicon Valley hypercapitalists. But Silicon Valley thinks we're all overregulation-loving authoritarian communist bureaucrats. . . . Get in now, while it’s...
Origin
Blend of Rand + android.
Forms
Noun
- A supporter of Ayn Rand's philosophies, particularly an overzealous one.
- Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The only trouble with Rand's brand of "freedom" is having to take your brain to the cleaners weekly. Libertarians and Randroids. Always walking around and muttering to themselves; worrying about...
- […] She was a very unpleasant lady, and one of the most unpleasant things about her was that she was what you might call a 'born-again Randroid,' someone who'd taken Ayn Rand's teachings to such extremes that she made...
- Despite being populated by Randroids (Ayn Rand devotees) and sci-fi geeks, 4chan's literature board is another that continually surprises with clever content. - 2011, Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's...