tech noir

English

Alternative forms

• tech-noir

Etymology

Blend of tech (“technology”) +‎ film noir. From the close association of high tech with sci-fi. Folk etymology suggests this was coined by director James Cameron, when he named the dance club in the 1984 film The Terminator "Tech-Noir", and the fandom and critics labelled similar IP properties as "tech noir".

Noun

tech noir (countable and uncountable, plural tech noirs)

1. (uncountable, film) A genre of film, science-fiction film-noir cinema.
2. (uncountable, fiction, by extension) A genre of fiction, thematically like that of the film genre.
3. (countable) A work of fiction in that genre.

Hypernyms

• noir

 

Coordinate terms

• apocalyptic
• cyberpunk
• dystopian
• grimdark
• neo-noir
• post-apocalyptic
• science fiction

 

Related terms

• film noir
• neo-noir
• noir
• tech
• technology

 

Anagrams

• Cheriton, Tichenor, entrochi, notchier