tech noir

English

Etymology

Blend of tech (“technology”) +‎ film noir. From the close association of high tech with sci-fi.

Alternative forms
  • 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.
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