cyberpunk
A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and…A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
» Modern cyberpunk is a form of retrofuturism.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
Cyberpunk
киберпа́нкkiberpánk
a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
(countable)A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.
The film The Matrix redefined what a cyberpunk looked like.
(countable)A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
(uncountable)A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.
Examples
5 sentencesModern cyberpunk is a form of retrofuturism.
The anime is set in a cyberpunk universe.
This game's setting has been described as cyberpunk, but I disagree.
I don't think this game is cyberpunk so much as it is post-cyberpunk.
Cyberpunk is a diagnosis; solarpunk offers a cure.
Translations
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Origin
From cyber- + -punk, coined by American writer and software developer Bruce Bethke as theFrom cyber- + -punk, coined by American writer and software developer Bruce Bethke as the title of a 1983 short story, and later popularized by Gardner Dozois.
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Forms
plural: cyberpunks| Singular | cyberpunk |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism:cyber-terrorist
Word family
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