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Replicants in the film, Blade Runner (1982), are also entities who are also excluded in society's definition of "realness" and thus endures suffering. They are hunted ruthlessly by "blade runners" like Deckard, and are considered to be inorganic, nonhuman beings whose "life" is hardly of value.
Interestingly, the Replicants are closer than the velveteen rabbit in terms of achieving "realness" and "humaness" since they have physical and intellectual capabilities that match or even exceed humans.
Furthermore, while they are described as distinguishable from humans through the "empathy test," they are largely portrayed as capable of feeling emotions, from fear, anger, to love in the movie. Thus, the main factor that forces them to remain in the category of "Replicants" is human society's unwilligness to acknowledge them as real beings.
Therefore, again, acceptance from others and the wider public as "real" is deemed as a key aspect of one's "realness."
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