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science-fiction

science-fiction is the alternative form of science fiction.

Meaning of science fiction

Noun

science fiction (usually uncountable, plural science fictions)

  1. (usually) Fiction in which advanced technology or science is a key element.
    • Now this applies especially to Science-Fiction, in which the revealed truths of Science may be given, interwoven with a pleasing story which may itself be poetical and true—thus circulating a knowledge of the Poetry of Science, clothed in a garb of the Poetry of Life.1851, William Wilson, A Little Earnest Book Upon a Great Old Subject
  2. (broadly, usually) Technology that, while theoretically possible, is not yet practical.
    • Despite decades of research, mass-market personal aircraft are still science fiction.

See all 3 meanings of science fiction

Forms of science-fiction

pluralscience-fictions

Questions about science-fiction

What is science-fiction the alternative form of?
Science-fiction is the alternative form of science fiction.

Words near science-fiction in the dictionary

  1. science shop
  2. science shops
  3. science up
  4. science-fact
  5. science-facts
  6. science-fiction
  7. science-fictional
  8. science-fictioneer
  9. science-fictioneers
  10. science-fictioner
  11. science-fictioners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: science-fiction (page history and authors); science fiction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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