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cyberfiction en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English cyberfiction From cyber- + fiction.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Fiction in a cyber genre, such as cyberpunk.
   • Nadia Crandall draws some illuminating parallels between nineteenth-century versions of gothic fiction and juvenile cyberfiction. 2007, Kimberley Reynolds, Radical Children's Literature:
   • ...cyberfiction by women authors tends to place more positive value on embodiment... 1998, Hank Bromley, Michael W Apple, Education, Technology, Power:

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