cyberdeath

English

Etymology

cyber- +‎ death

Noun

cyberdeath (uncountable)

1. Virtual death taking place in cyberspace.
   • 1998, Margaret Morse, Virtualities: television, media art, and cyberculture:

     That is why a virtual persona can be violated and why there is a relation between cyberdeath and psychic annihilation […]

   • 2001, Jean Baudrillard, Chris Turner, Impossible exchange:

     In a future civilization from which death has been eliminated, future clones might, perhaps, afford themselves the luxury of death, and become mortals once again in simulated form (cyberdeath).

   • 2001, Katherine M Ramsland, Cemetery Stories:

     Cyberdeath: Through the Internet, you can watch a funeral live via Webcam, get your ashes scattered in space, contact a mortician, order a casket […]

   • 2003, Richard Bliss, Lighthouse Rockets:

     She and Henri had some kind of cyberdeath pact. If one didn't come back, the other one wouldn't. It was all very perverse, and confused.

   • 2004, Peter Revere, The Real 911: Truth and Testimony:

     […] much of the electronic correspondence is gibberish that may circle the world for months at a time before a fitting cyberdeath arrives.

   • 2007, Jonathan Paul Marshall, Living on Cybermind:

     And I was there when they returned to us — either from a long journey or beyond cyberdeath.