cyberpunk

English

Etymology

cyber- +‎ punk, coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of a 1983 short story.

Noun

cyberpunk (countable and uncountable, plural cyberpunks)

1. (science fiction, 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.
2. (countable) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.

   The film The Matrix redefined what a cyberpunk looked like.

3. (countable) A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
   • 1989, SPIN magazine (volume 4, number 10, January 1989, page 50)

     […] cyberpunks like William Gibson, Lucious Sheperd^[sic], Bruce Sterling […]

4. (music, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.
   • 2003, Jan Haluska, The Mathematical Theory of Tone Systems, →ISBN, page 109:

     A more technologically elaborate current of microtonal music can be found at M.I.T and Berklee College of Music, where R. Boulanger works in exotic equal temperaments and non-octave scales (E₆₀ and the 13th root of 3, i.e. the Bohlen-Pierce scale) using the CSOUND acoustic compiler, the Mathews radio drum and various MIDI synthesizers; nearby, E. Mullen performs cyberpunk music in E₁₉ and the 13th root of 3.

   • 2014, Gemma White, Furniture is Disappearing, →ISBN, page 41:

     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.

   • 2017, Tristanne Connolly & ‎Tomoyuki Iino, Canadian Music and American Culture: Get Away From Me, →ISBN, page 182:

     Indeed, 'Mindphaser' (and Tactical Neural Implant more generally) represents a high point of cyberpunk in the industrial music scene.

Derived terms

• -punk

Translations

sci-fi subgenre

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賽博朋克／赛博朋克 (sàibópéngkè), 赛博朋克 (sàibópéngkè)

• Czech: kyberpunk m
• Esperanto: ciberpunko
• Finnish: kyberpunk
• French: cyberpunk (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: cyberpunk (pl) m
• Russian: киберпа́нк (ru) m (kiberpánk)
• Slovak: kyberpunk m
• Spanish: cyberpunk m

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Finnish

Noun

cyberpunk

1. Alternative spelling of kyberpunk

Declension

Inflection of cyberpunk (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		cyberpunk	—
genitive		cyberpunkin	—
partitive		cyberpunkia	—
illative		cyberpunkiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		cyberpunk	—
accusative	nom.	cyberpunk	—
	gen.	cyberpunkin
genitive		cyberpunkin	—
partitive		cyberpunkia	—
inessive		cyberpunkissa	—
elative		cyberpunkista	—
illative		cyberpunkiin	—
adessive		cyberpunkilla	—
ablative		cyberpunkilta	—
allative		cyberpunkille	—
essive		cyberpunkina	—
translative		cyberpunkiksi	—
abessive		cyberpunkitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of cyberpunk (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cyberpunkini — accusative nom. cyberpunkini — gen. cyberpunkini genitive cyberpunkini — partitive cyberpunkiani — inessive cyberpunkissani — elative cyberpunkistani — illative cyberpunkiini — adessive cyberpunkillani — ablative cyberpunkiltani — allative cyberpunkilleni — essive cyberpunkinani — translative cyberpunkikseni — abessive cyberpunkittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cyberpunkisi — accusative nom. cyberpunkisi — gen. cyberpunkisi genitive cyberpunkisi — partitive cyberpunkiasi — inessive cyberpunkissasi — elative cyberpunkistasi — illative cyberpunkiisi — adessive cyberpunkillasi — ablative cyberpunkiltasi — allative cyberpunkillesi — essive cyberpunkinasi — translative cyberpunkiksesi — abessive cyberpunkittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cyberpunkimme — accusative nom. cyberpunkimme — gen. cyberpunkimme genitive cyberpunkimme — partitive cyberpunkiamme — inessive cyberpunkissamme — elative cyberpunkistamme — illative cyberpunkiimme — adessive cyberpunkillamme — ablative cyberpunkiltamme — allative cyberpunkillemme — essive cyberpunkinamme — translative cyberpunkiksemme — abessive cyberpunkittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cyberpunkinne — accusative nom. cyberpunkinne — gen. cyberpunkinne genitive cyberpunkinne — partitive cyberpunkianne — inessive cyberpunkissanne — elative cyberpunkistanne — illative cyberpunkiinne — adessive cyberpunkillanne — ablative cyberpunkiltanne — allative cyberpunkillenne — essive cyberpunkinanne — translative cyberpunkiksenne — abessive cyberpunkittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative cyberpunkinsa — accusative nom. cyberpunkinsa — gen. cyberpunkinsa genitive cyberpunkinsa — partitive cyberpunkiaan cyberpunkiansa — inessive cyberpunkissaan cyberpunkissansa — elative cyberpunkistaan cyberpunkistansa — illative cyberpunkiinsa — adessive cyberpunkillaan cyberpunkillansa — ablative cyberpunkiltaan cyberpunkiltansa — allative cyberpunkilleen cyberpunkillensa — essive cyberpunkinaan cyberpunkinansa — translative cyberpunkikseen cyberpunkiksensa — abessive cyberpunkittaan cyberpunkittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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French

Noun

cyberpunk m (plural cyberpunks)

1. (science fiction) cyberpunk

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Spanish

Noun

cyberpunk m (plural cyberpunks)

1. cyberpunk