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noun
An organization of autonomous organisms that exhibit collectivism: individual "units" that have merged to yield a unified construct and may have a collective consciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Synonyms: superorganism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Some forms of government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, rare
Topics: government, literature, media, politics, publishing, science-fiction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
The word and concept are derived from the Borg, a race of cyborgs in the fictional Star Trek universe with a hive mind that operates as one.
