xenoencyclopedia
Syllables: xe·no·en·cy·clo·pe·dia/zɛnəɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/
xenoencyclopedia noun: an encyclopedia of science fiction.
Noun
xenoencyclopedia (plural xenoencyclopedias)
- An encyclopedia of science fiction.
- The competent reader gradually learns more and more about the genre's own grand-scale xenoencyclopedia in order to understand each new work's specific xenoencyclopedia...2012, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., “Of Enigmas and Xenoencyclopedias”, in Science Fiction Studies, volume 39, number 3
- The (xeno)encyclopedia of the (science fiction) reader In L'empire du pseudo, Richard Saint-Gelais applies Umberto Eco's textual cooperation theory to the science fiction genre. He proposes to call “xenoencyclopedia” all the cognitive ...2015, Maylis Rospide, Sandrine Sorlin, The Ethics and Poetics of Alterity: New Perspectives on Genre Literature
Forms of xenoencyclopedia
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Origin of xenoencyclopedia
From xeno- + encyclopedia.
Questions about xenoencyclopedia
- What does xenoencyclopedia mean?
- Xenoencyclopedia means an encyclopedia of science fiction.
- What part of speech is xenoencyclopedia?
- Xenoencyclopedia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce xenoencyclopedia?
- Xenoencyclopedia is pronounced /zɛnəɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/.
- What is the plural of xenoencyclopedia?
- The plural of xenoencyclopedia is xenoencyclopedias.
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