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fantascience

fantascience noun: a genre of fiction which combines scientific and fantastic elements.

Noun

fantascience (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A genre of fiction which combines scientific and fantastic elements.
    • Silent Running is a myth anchored in materialism and realism, despite its fantascience trappings.1989, Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison's Watching, Los Angeles, C.A.: Underwood–Miller, →ISBN, page 78

Origin of fantascience

Blend of fantastic + science or fantasy + science.

Questions about fantascience

What does fantascience mean?
Fantascience means a genre of fiction which combines scientific and fantastic elements.
What part of speech is fantascience?
Fantascience is a noun.

Words near fantascience in the dictionary

  1. Fantaing
  2. fantan
  3. fantard
  4. fantards
  5. Fantas
  6. fantascience
  7. fantaserye
  8. fantasia
  9. Fantasia'd
  10. Fantasiaing
  11. fantasias

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