STEAMPUNK

Steampunk

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery, especially in a setting inspired by industrialized Western civilization during the 19th century. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the 19th century's British Victorian era or American "Wild West", in a post-apocalyptic future during which steam power has regained mainstream use, or in a fantasy world that similarly employs steam power. Steampunk perhaps most recognizably features anachronistic technologies or retro-futuristic inventions as people in the 19th century might have envisioned them, and is likewise rooted in the era's ...

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steampunk

Noun

  1. A subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th century society.
  2. A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

Verb

  1. To depict in a steampunk manner.


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