cyberthriller

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noun

A thriller (suspenseful work) whose plot hinges on cyberspace.

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Meanings

nouncyberthriller (plural cyberthrillers)

plural cyberthrillers

  1. A thriller (suspenseful work) whose plot hinges on cyberspace.

    A flurry of darker, less effective cyberthrillers in the 1990s might have landed too soon.

    2007 July 3, Caryn James, “An Old-Fashioned Movie About a New Form of Torture: Being Disconnected”, in New York Times

Origin

From cyber- + thriller.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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