cyberdrama

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noun

Any of the forms of (possibly interactive) storytelling shaped and influenced by cyberspace and the Internet.

OriginEnglish drama ← Late Latin drāma ← Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă) →
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Meanings

nouncyberdrama (countable and uncountable, plural cyberdramas)

plural cyberdramas

  1. countableuncountableAny of the forms of (possibly interactive) storytelling shaped and influenced by cyberspace and the Internet.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  6. Ancient Greekδρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)
  7. Late Latindrāma
  8. Englishdrama
  9. Englishcyberdrama

From cyber- + drama, coined by Janet Murray in her book Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace (1998).

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APA

cyberdrama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberdrama

MLA

“cyberdrama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberdrama. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyberdrama,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberdrama.

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