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litfic

/ˈlɪtfɪk/

litfic noun: literary fiction.

Noun

litfic (uncountable)

  1. (informal) literary fiction
    • True. But as many genre writers who otherwise learn well in classes have found out, if they want to learn writing, it's hard to do it in a group that sneers at anything not litfic.2002 December 20, Deirdre Saoirse Moen, “Seton Hill University”, in rec.arts.sf.composition
    • It's a fascinating distinction, and one that also has the neat effect of moving the debate on from the contentious territory of the SF/litfic turfwar into that of value-neutral literary theory.2014 July 18, Thomas Christie, Notional Identities: Ideology, Genre and National Identity in Popular Scottish Fiction Since the Seventies, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 202

Forms of litfic

alternative formlit-fic
alternative formlit fic

Origin of litfic

Clipping of literary fiction.

Questions about litfic

What does litfic mean?
Litfic means literary fiction.
What part of speech is litfic?
Litfic is a noun.
How do you pronounce litfic?
Litfic is pronounced /ˈlɪtfɪk/.

Words near litfic in the dictionary

  1. lites
  2. litest
  3. litfan
  4. litfans
  5. litfen
  6. litfic
  7. lith
  8. lith-
  9. Lith.
  10. Litha
  11. lithaemia

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