npc
robotic, contemptuous
the one-line answer
A person who acts without independent thought. Someone following a script.
NPC means non-player character, from video games. These are the background characters who repeat the same actions and say the same lines. Calling someone an NPC means they think and act without real individuality. They do whatever they are told. They have no inner life. It became a TikTok trend where people acted like NPCs in public..
mainstream
Your coworker might use this word.
01 / in the wild
hear it move.
insult
he just agrees with whatever his boss says. total NPC.
He acts without independent thought.