# cyberpunk

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsaɪ.bə.pʌŋk/ · frequency rank #38,798

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From cyber- + -punk, coined by American writer and software developer Bruce Bethke as the title of a 1983 short story, and later popularized by Gardner Dozois.

## Common misspellings (15)
`cbyerpunk`, `ccyberpunk`, `cybberpunk`, `cybeprunk`, `cyberpnuk`, `cyberppunk`, `cyberpukn`, `cyberpunkk`, `cyberpunnk`, `cyberrpunk`, `cyberupnk`, `cybrepunk`, `cyebrpunk`, `cyyberpunk`, `ycberpunk`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cyberpunk