Meaning of steampunk | Babel Free

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.
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2. A writer of steampunk fiction.
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3. A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.
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Examples

“There's railroad trains, a lot of steam-driven stuff, but that's about it. More ‘steam punk’, I suppose⟳.”

“It is also the vision of steampunk, a subculture that is the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design⟳ and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly inventive age of dirigibles and steam locomotives, brass diving bells and jar-shaped protosubmarines.”

“The [Arboath North Signal Box] locking room's collection of chains, pulleys and wires resembles the inside of a piano, stretching to the 72-levered frame above. Lovers of steampunk will find⟳ it especially pleasing.”

“Personally, I think⟳ Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come⟳ up with a fitting collective term for Powers, [James] Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like⟳ steam-punks, perhaps...”

“It wound up being an overwhelmingly positive experience⟳ that made me appreciate the steampunks around me even more.”

“It is extremely rare that you speak⟳ to someone who says "I want⟳ to be an ...." This would suggest⟳ that for the vast majority of steampunks their choice of outfit (at least intitially) is less a conscious attempt⟳ at portrayal and more of a spontaneous and potentially subconscious growth of an idea.”

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