"dieselpunk" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: diesel + -punk Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|diesel|punk}} diesel + -punk Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dieselpunk (uncountable)
  1. A genre of science fiction and art that combines fictional retrofuturistic elements with the technology, culture, and aesthetics of the period of history beginning in the interbellum between World War I and World War II and ending around the 1950s (known as the "diesel era" within the dieselpunk community). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Alternate history, Art, Fashion, Literary genres, Science fiction Hyponyms: atompunk (english: science fiction genre influenced by the Atomic Age beginning in the mid-1940s), decopunk (english: science fiction genre influenced by the Art Deco movement of the 1920s-1930s)
    Sense id: en-dieselpunk-en-noun-ojGBuDHY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -punk

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