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science-fictionish

science-fictionish adjective: similar to science fiction.

Adjective

science-fictionish (comparative more science-fictionish, superlative most science-fictionish)

  1. (informal) Similar to science fiction.
    • Oh, speaking of science-fictionish, are you aware of the fact that one branch of future studies and future methodologies grew out of the Pentagon?90 Think about those futures. In 1983, Bob Dylan would sing, in “Union Sundown” (Infidels)[…]2009 12, Terry Stocker, The Paleolithic Paradigm, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 51
    • That was sort of science-fictionish, so I got back into science fiction after that. Q: Now that you are writing science fiction consciously, as opposed to when you were doing it without knowing it was science fiction, does this change[…]2012 July 9, Darrell Schweitzer, George R.R. Martin, James Morrow, Charles Stross, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Joe W. Haldeman, Harry Turtledove, Zoran Zivkovic, Esther M. Friesner, Kristine...

Synonyms of science-fictionish

Forms of science-fictionish

comparativemore science-fictionish
superlativemost science-fictionish
alternative formscience fictionish

Origin of science-fictionish

From science fiction + -ish.

Questions about science-fictionish

What does science-fictionish mean?
Science-fictionish means similar to science fiction.
What part of speech is science-fictionish?
Science-fictionish is an adjective.

Words near science-fictionish in the dictionary

  1. science-fictional
  2. science-fictioneer
  3. science-fictioneers
  4. science-fictioner
  5. science-fictioners
  6. science-fictionish
  7. science-fictionlike
  8. science-fictions
  9. science-fictiony
  10. science-y
  11. scienced

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