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cyberdeath

cyberdeath noun: virtual death taking place in cyberspace.

Noun

cyberdeath (uncountable)

  1. Virtual death taking place in cyberspace.
    • That is why a virtual persona can be violated and why there is a relation between cyberdeath and psychic annihilation […]1998, Margaret Morse, Virtualities: television, media art, and cyberculture
    • In a future civilization from which death has been eliminated, future clones might, perhaps, afford themselves the luxury of death, and become mortals once again in simulated form (cyberdeath).2001, Jean Baudrillard, Chris Turner, Impossible exchange

Examples of cyberdeath in a sentence

  • Cyberdeath: Through the Internet, you can watch a funeral live via Webcam, get your ashes scattered in space, contact a mortician, order a casket […]2001, Katherine M Ramsland, Cemetery Stories:
  • She and Henri had some kind of cyberdeath pact.2003, Richard Bliss, Lighthouse Rockets:
  • […] much of the electronic correspondence is gibberish that may circle the world for months at a time before a fitting cyberdeath arrives.2004, Peter Revere, The Real 911: Truth and Testimony:
  • And I was there when they returned to us — either from a long journey or beyond cyberdeath.2007, Jonathan Paul Marshall, Living on Cybermind:

Origin of cyberdeath

From cyber- + death.

Questions about cyberdeath

What does cyberdeath mean?
Cyberdeath means virtual death taking place in cyberspace.
How do you use cyberdeath in a sentence?
Cyberdeath: Through the Internet, you can watch a funeral live via Webcam, get your ashes scattered in space, contact a mortician, order a casket […]
What part of speech is cyberdeath?
Cyberdeath is a noun.

Words near cyberdeath in the dictionary

  1. cyberdated
  2. cyberdater
  3. cyberdaters
  4. cyberdates
  5. cyberdating
  6. cyberdeath
  7. cyberdeck
  8. cyberdecks
  9. cyberdefamation
  10. cyberdefence
  11. cyberdefense

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