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steam punk,

  • a variation of steampunk.
    steampunk
    noun
    a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.

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Fans of the popular attraction will find its special effects familiar: cavernous rooms pumped up with pulsing lights and sound, post-apocalyptic dioramas, steam punk scenery meant to be touched, clicked, climbed over and gawked at.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021

There was a steam punk period, where every object was made from riveted aluminum, and a deconstructed period, when he sold shredded French balloon chairs.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2018

Driving up the mountain to Wullbrandt's ranch in his old Mitsubishi SUV, the scene along the rocky, dirt road looks like a steam punk moonscape of blackened tree skeletons coated in gray ash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2017

Is going to steam punk the new big thing.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2012

The environments, meanwhile, have perfectly captured the extravagantly coloured lighting and offbeat steam punk technologies of the series.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2010

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