tech noir

== English == === Alternative forms === tech-noir === Etymology === Blend of tech (“technology”) +‎ film noir. From the close association of high tech with sci-fi. Folk etymology suggests this was coined by Canadian film director James Cameron, when he named the dance club in the 1984 film The Terminator "Tech-Noir", and the fandom and critics labelled similar IP properties as "tech noir". === Noun === tech noir (countable and uncountable, plural tech noirs) (uncountable, film) A genre of film, science-fiction film-noir cinema. (uncountable, fiction, by extension) A genre of fiction, thematically like that of the film genre. (countable) A work of fiction in that genre. ==== Hypernyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === Cheriton, Tichenor, entrochi, notchier