cyberian
English edit
Etymology edit
From cyber- + -ian, coined by Stanislaw Lem in 1965.
Adjective edit
cyberian (comparative more cyberian, superlative most cyberian)
- Pertaining to cyberspace.
- 1996, Peter Dickens, Reconstructing nature:
- This is because subjects in the new cyberian culture are other than the rational, autonomous individual.
- 1997, Mark Dery, Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century:
- Rushkoff thrills to cyberian video art in which Gulf War bombing runs are merely another special effect...
- 1998, Rob Kitchin, Cyberspace: The World in the Wires:
- In areas where one might expect liberal attitudes, such as education, cyberian academics are largely regarded as maverick and to some extent subversive...
Noun edit
cyberian (plural cyberians)
- A user of the Internet or virtual reality.
- 1998, Victor J Vitanza, CyberReader:
- These are the substances that stock the arsenal of the drug-using cyberian.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Pertaining to cyberspace
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