steampunk
noun
steam·punk
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Definition of steampunk
: science fiction dealing with 19th-century societies dominated by historical or imagined steam-powered technology
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Music will also fill the air with a capella group Time Was, Alex Forest performing on the Webster Bank block, and steampunk groups playing inside the Army Navy Club. — courant.com, "Community News For The Manchester Edition," 28 Aug. 2019 The Vorrh trilogy mixes elements of fantasy, sci-fi, steampunk, historical fiction, surrealism, horror, and just about every other genre into one expansive story. — Adam Epstein, Quartzy, "George R.R. Martin may never finish those books. Here’s what to read while you wait," 24 Aug. 2019 The design is dynamic with a lot of steampunk touches, especially Eugene Lee’s terrific clockwork set that’s dominated, for no particular reason aside from looking cool, by a mechanical dragon atop the faux proscenium. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Review: Back in Bay Area, ‘Wicked’ is a stirring ode to resistance," 16 Aug. 2019 According to oral histories maintained by the C.I.A., employees were saddened when, in the late nineteen-eighties, during an expansion of the headquarters, this steampunk mail system was shut down. — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, "Was E-mail a Mistake?," 6 Aug. 2019 Taste mysterious and indescribably delicious tidbits from all the fantasy realms, from delicate fairy cakes to Victorian steampunk molecular gastronomy. — courant.com, "Community News For The Farmington Valley Edition," 23 June 2019 The steampunk enthusiast theater troupe will take over the Victorian house to honor summer with fire dancing, knife tricks, cabaret and other acts of strangeness from bygone eras. — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, "Experimental theater gets the spotlight in Central Florida," 19 June 2019 Finally, in steampunk news, HBO released a new trailer for its adaptation of His Dark Materials. — Wired Staff, WIRED, "It, Top Gun, His Dark Materials Trailers Rock Comic-Con," 19 July 2019 Taste mysterious and indescribably delicious tidbits from all the fantasy realms, from delicate fairy cakes to Victorian steampunk molecular gastronomy. — courant.com, "Community News For The Farmington Valley Edition," 23 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'steampunk.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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