cyberian

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ -ian, coined by Stanislaw Lem in 1965.

Adjective

cyberian (comparative more cyberian, superlative most cyberian)

1. Pertaining to cyberspace.
   • 1996, Peter Dickens, Reconstructing nature:

     This is because subjects in the new cyberian culture are other than the rational, autonomous individual.

   • 1997, Mark Dery, Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century:

     Rushkoff thrills to cyberian video art in which Gulf War bombing runs are merely another special effect...

   • 1998, Rob Kitchin, Cyberspace: The World in the Wires:

     In areas where one might expect liberal attitudes, such as education, cyberian academics are largely regarded as maverick and to some extent subversive...

Noun

cyberian (plural cyberians)

1. A user of the Internet or virtual reality.

   Synonyms: cybernaut, netizen

   • 1998, Victor J Vitanza, CyberReader:

     These are the substances that stock the arsenal of the drug-using cyberian.

Derived terms

• anti-cyberian

Translations

Pertaining to cyberspace

• Finnish: kyber- (fi), kybeerinen
• French: cybérien (fr)