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cyberpunk noun In science fiction circles, "cyberpunk" is a genre that often features countercultural antiheroes trapped in a dehumanizing high-tech future. Its roots extend back to the technical fiction of the 1940s and '50s, but it was years before it matured. The word "cyberpunk" was coined by writer Bruce Bethke, who wrote a story with that title in 1980. He created the term by combining "cybernetics," the science of replacing human functions with computerized ones, and "punk," the raucous music and nihilistic sensibility that became a youth culture in the 1970s and '80s. Not until the 1984 publication of William Gibson's novel, Neuromancer, however, did "cyberpunk" really take off as a term or a genre. 1 : science fiction dealing with future urban societies dominated by computer technology2 : an opportunistic computer hacker

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February 2, 2009 SY-ber-punk Cyberpunk -- with its androids and cyborgs and human-electronic networks -- almost turns reading into a computer game.

Word	cyberpunk
Date	February 2, 2009
Type	noun
Syllables	SY-ber-punk
Etymology	In science fiction circles, "cyberpunk" is a genre that often features countercultural antiheroes trapped in a dehumanizing high-tech future. Its roots extend back to the technical fiction of the 1940s and '50s, but it was years before it matured. The word "cyberpunk" was coined by writer Bruce Bethke, who wrote a story with that title in 1980. He created the term by combining "cybernetics," the science of replacing human functions with computerized ones, and "punk," the raucous music and nihilistic sensibility that became a youth culture in the 1970s and '80s. Not until the 1984 publication of William Gibson's novel, Neuromancer, however, did "cyberpunk" really take off as a term or a genre.
Examples	Cyberpunk -- with its androids and cyborgs and human-electronic networks -- almost turns reading into a computer game.
Definition	1 : science fiction dealing with future urban societies dominated by computer technology 2 : an opportunistic computer hacker

Science Fiction Cyberpunk Computer Term February Noun Sy Ber Punk