Gibsonesque
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Reminiscent of the guitars made by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
- 2 Reminiscent of the works of William Gibson (born 1948), American-Canadian novelist and essayist who popularized the science fiction concept of cyberspace.
"Rather than Gibsonesque warnings of the extinction of individuality in corporate hyperspace, for instance, current African writers tentatively advance versions of virtual identity that centre around relative location in motion."
Example
More examples"Rather than Gibsonesque warnings of the extinction of individuality in corporate hyperspace, for instance, current African writers tentatively advance versions of virtual identity that centre around relative location in motion."
Etymology
From Gibson + -esque.
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