English Explanatory Dictionary

-punk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix

Denotes an aesthetically-oriented genre of speculative fiction based on the noun to which it is suffixed, usually involving ahistorical or anachronistic technology and its effects on society.

Word forms

-punk

Etymology

First used when coining cyberpunk or as a back-formation to coin steampunk. Probably from the influence of the punk subculture on these genres.

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