cyberpunk

noun
/ˈsaɪ.bə.pʌŋk/UK/ˈsaɪ.bɚˌpʌŋk/US

Etymology

From cyber- + -punk, coined by as the title of a 1983 short story, and later popularized by Gardner Dozois.

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.

    • The film The Matrix redefined what a cyberpunk looked like.
  3. A writer of cyberpunk fiction.

    • […] cyberpunks like William Gibson, Lucious Sheperd^([sic]), Bruce Sterling […]
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as…

      A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.

      • At Meredith we stayed up all night listening to doof doof cyberpunk music and I saw you cry for the first time, at four in the morning bottle of ice tea and vodka in hand I saw your real face and something changed.
      • Indeed, 'Mindphaser' (and Tactical Neural Implant more generally) represents a high point of cyberpunk in the industrial music scene.

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