# cyberpunk
## English
### Etymology

From 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.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.bə.pʌŋk/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.bəɹˌpəŋk/

### Noun

cyberpunk (countable and uncountable, plural cyberpunks)
* (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.
** 1991 January 7, Lewis Shiner, “Confessions of an Ex-Cyberpunk”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:But by 1987, cyberpunk had become a cliche. Other writers had turned the form into formula: implant wetware (biological computer chips), government by multinational corporations, street-wise, leather-jacketed, amphetamine-loving protagonists and decayed orbital colonies.
** 2015, Abby H. P. Werlock, Encyclopedia of the American Short Story, Infobase Learning, →ISBN:Cyberpunk stories are set in a futuristic, dystopic environment—the opposite of utopian—in which computer technology plays an important role. […] The protagonists of cyberpunk stories are technologically proficient, lonely adventurers struggling with issues of identity and forced to use computer skills to fight menacing forces of domination.
* (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.
** 1989 January, SPIN, volume 4, number 10, page 50:[…] cyberpunks like William Gibson, Lucious Sheperd, Bruce Sterling […]
* (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 (E$_{60}$ 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 E$_{19}$ 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

* cyberpunkish
* cyberpunky
* cypherpunk
* postcyberpunk

#### Related terms

* steampunk
* solarpunk

#### Translations
### Further reading

* cyberpunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Bruce Bethke (1997) “The Etymology of Cyberpunk”, in brucebethke.com‎, archived from the original on 2013-07-16

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑi̯berpuŋk/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝i̯be̞rpuŋk]
* Rhymes: -ɑiberpuŋk

### Noun

cyberpunk
* Alternative spelling of kyberpunk

#### Declension

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

## French
### Etymology

From English cyberpunk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.bɛʁ.pœŋk/

### Noun

cyberpunk m (plural cyberpunks)
* (science fiction) cyberpunk

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cyberpunk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sɘˈbɛr.paŋk/
* Rhymes: -ɛrpaŋk
* Syllabification: cy‧ber‧punk

### Noun

cyberpunk m inan
* (film, science fiction) cyberpunk (sci-fi subgenre)

#### Declension
### Noun

cyberpunk m pers
* (film, science fiction) cyberpunk (cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life)

#### Derived terms

* cyberpunkowy

### Further reading

* cyberpunk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* cyberpunk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θibeɾˈpank/ [θi.β̞eɾˈpãŋk]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /sibeɾˈpank/ [si.β̞eɾˈpãŋk]
* Rhymes: -ank
* Syllabification: cy‧ber‧punk

### Noun

cyberpunk m (plural cyberpunks)
* cyberpunk

## Swedish
### Etymology

cyber- +‎ punk

### Noun

cyberpunk c
* (science fiction, uncountable) cyberpunk

#### Declension
### References

* cyberpunk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* cyberpunk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)