survival horror
survival horror noun: a video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film.
Noun
survival horror (countable and uncountable, plural survival horrors)
- A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film.
- An individual game in this genre.
survival horror meaning in Persian
survival horror in Persian
- Translations
- ترس و بقا
Forms of survival horror
| plural | survival horrors |
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Origin of survival horror
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from survival + horror.
Questions about survival horror
- What does survival horror mean?
- Survival horror means a video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film.
- What is survival horror in Persian?
- Survival horror in Persian is ترس و بقا. See Survival horror meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is survival horror?
- Survival horror is a noun.
- What is the plural of survival horror?
- The plural of survival horror is survival horrors.
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