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speculative fiction

speculative fiction noun: a class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural, or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life.

Noun

speculative fiction (countable and uncountable, plural speculative fictions)

  1. (uncountable) A class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural, or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life.
    • There are at least two principal ways to write speculative fiction—write about people, or write about gadgets.1947, Robert A. Heinlein, On the Writing of Speculative Fiction
    • And the speculation shows signs of turning into very sophisticated science fiction – science fiction in the purest sense; speculative fiction about science.1987, Angela Carter, “Bruce Chatwin: The Songlines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 588
  2. (countable) A particular work belonging to this class.

speculative fiction meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Persian

speculative fiction in Tamil

class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
ஊகப்புனைவு ūkappuṉaivu

speculative fiction in Bengali

class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
কল্পসাহিত্য kolpośahitto

speculative fiction in Arabic

class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
خيال تأملي

speculative fiction in Persian

class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
ادبیات گمانهزن
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speculative fiction in Thai
จินตนิยาย

Synonyms of speculative fiction

Antonyms

  • mimetic fiction

Forms of speculative fiction

pluralspeculative fictions

Questions about speculative fiction

What does speculative fiction mean?
Speculative fiction means a class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural, or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life.
What is speculative fiction in Tamil?
Speculative fiction in Tamil is ஊகப்புனைவு (ūkappuṉaivu). See Speculative fiction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is speculative fiction?
Speculative fiction is a noun.
What is the plural of speculative fiction?
The plural of speculative fiction is speculative fictions.

Words near speculative fiction in the dictionary

  1. speculative application
  2. speculative applications
  3. speculative damages
  4. speculative erotica
  5. speculative evolution
  6. speculative fiction
  7. speculative fictions
  8. Speculative Masonry
  9. speculative materialism
  10. speculative philosophies
  11. speculative philosophy

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