cyberpunk

cyberpunk definitions

noun
  • A writer of cyberpunk fiction. 

  • 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. 

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

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