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science fiction

–noun

a form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc.

[Origin: 1925–30

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science fiction
n. A literary or cinematic genre in which fantasy, typically based on speculative scientific discoveries or developments, environmental changes, space travel, or life on other planets, forms part of the plot or background.

sci'ence-fic'tion (sī'əns-fĭk'shən) adj.

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science fiction

1929 (first attested in "Science Wonder Stories" magazine), though there is an isolated use from 1851; abbreviated form sci-fi is from 1955.

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science fiction
noun
literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society

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science fiction — abbreviation sci-fi

stories dealing with future times on Earth or in space

Arabic:	الخَيال العِلْمي
Chinese (Simplified):	科学幻想小说
Chinese (Traditional):	科學幻想小說
Czech:	science fiction
Danish:	science fiction
Dutch:	sience©fiction
Estonian:	ulmekirjandus
Finnish:	tieteiskirjallisuus
French:	science-fiction
German:	der Science-Fiction
Greek:	επιστημονική φαντασία
Hungarian:	tudományos-fantasztikus regény, sci-fi
Icelandic:	vísindaskáldskapur
Indonesian:	fiksi ilmiah
Italian:	fantascienza

Japanese:	空想科学小説
Latvian:	zinātniskā fantastika
Lithuanian:	mokslinė fantastika
Norwegian:	science fiction
Polish:	powieści fantastyczno-naukowe
Portuguese (Brazil):	ficção científica
Portuguese (Portugal):	ficção científica
Romanian:	science-fiction
Russian:	научная фантастика
Slovak:	vedecko-fantastická literatúra
Slovenian:	znanstvena fantastika
Spanish:	ciencia ficción
Swedish:	science fiction
Turkish:	bilimkurgu

See also: scientist, scientific, science

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
science fiction

Works of fiction that use scientific discoveries or advanced technology — either actual or imaginary — as part of their plot. Jules Verne and H. G. Wells were early writers of science fiction. More recent ones are Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury.

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