cyberpunk

noun4

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

   • Indeed, 'Mindphaser' (and Tactical Neural Implant more generally) represents a high point of cyberpunk in the industrial music scene. — 2017
3. •
   A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.

   • The film The Matrix redefined what a cyberpunk looked like.
4. •
   A writer of cyberpunk fiction.

   • […] cyberpunks like William Gibson, Lucious Sheperd^([sic]), Bruce Sterling […] — 1989