cyberdrama

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the forms of (possibly interactive) storytelling shaped and influenced by cyberspace and the Internet.

Word forms

cyberdrama cyberdramas

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- Ancient Greek δρᾰ́ω (drắō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)bor. Late Latin drāmabor. English drama English cyberdrama From cyber- + drama, coined by Janet Murray in her book Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace (1998).

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