Gibsonesque

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adjective

Reminiscent of the guitars made by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

adjectiveGibsonesque (comparative more Gibsonesque, superlative most Gibsonesque)

comparative more Gibsonesque · superlative most Gibsonesque

  1. entertainmentReminiscent of the guitars made by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
  2. literatureReminiscent 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.

    2005, Gerald Gaylard, After Colonialism: African Postmodernism and Magical Realism, Witwatersrand University Press
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    Chang even invoked American-Canadian sci-fi cyberpunk author William Gibson, talking of Dizzee's Gibsonesque “mirror-world” in which “patterns [are] de/recontextualized at the edge of recognition and seen in syrupy slo-mo.”

    2011, Paul Lester, Bonkers: The Story of Dizzee Rascal, Omnibus Press, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

Gibsonesque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gibsonesque

MLA

“Gibsonesque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gibsonesque. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gibsonesque,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gibsonesque.

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