scientifiction
/ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪˈfɪk.ʃən/
scientifiction noun: science fiction.
Noun
scientifiction (uncountable)
- Science fiction.
- I am supposed to report Münchhaussen's^([sic]) doings; am supposed to be writing fiction, scientifiction, to be correct.1916 January, Hugo Gernsback, Electrical Experimenter, page 474
- There is the usual fiction magazine, the love story and the sex-appeal type of magazine, the adventure type, and so on, but a magazine of "Scientifiction" is a pioneer in its field in America. By "scientifiction" I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story—a charming...1926, Hugo Gernsback, Amazing Stories, "A New Sort of Magazine"
- Synonyms:
- science fiction, sci-fi, SF
scientifiction meaning in Bengali
scientifiction in Bengali
- বিজ্ঞান কল্পকাহিনী
Synonyms of scientifiction
Origin of scientifiction
Blend of scientific + fiction. Coined by Hugo Gernsback in 1916.
Words formed from scientifiction
Words that rhyme with scientifiction
- friction
- astriction
- jurisdiction
- addiction
- benediction
- contradiction
- conviction
- depiction
- valediction
- constriction
- dereliction
- fan fiction
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- fiction
- indiction
- restriction
- affliction
- diction
- emiction
- eviction
- faan fiction
- infriction
- malediction
- prediction
- science fiction
- striction
- abstriction
- affixion
- condiction
- confliction
- effiction
- infixion
- miction
- pilimiction
- postdiction
- preconstriction
- prefixion
- reliction
- renoviction
- retrodiction
- stiction
- suffixion
- transfixion
Questions about scientifiction
- What does scientifiction mean?
- Scientifiction means science fiction.
- What is scientifiction in Bengali?
- Scientifiction in Bengali is বিজ্ঞান কল্পকাহিনী. See Scientifiction meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is scientifiction?
- Scientifiction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scientifiction?
- Scientifiction is pronounced /ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪˈfɪk.ʃən/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scientifiction (page history and authors); scientifiction (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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