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cyberpunk

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Noun

  1. 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.
  3. A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
  4. A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.

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