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Meaning of steampunk

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

steampunk

Pronunciation:/ˈstiːmpʌŋk//ˈstiːmpʌŋk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.

  2. A writer of steampunk fiction.

  3. (cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

verb

Definitions

  1. To depict in a steampunk manner.