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