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xenofiction

Syllables: xe·no·fict·ion/zɛnəfɪkʃən/

xenofiction noun: fictional stories about non-humans, especially extraterrestrials.

Noun

xenofiction (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Fictional stories about non-humans, especially extraterrestrials.
    • […] escape from their threatened warren and establish a new home has become a classic of xenofiction, a subgenre of science fiction encompassing stories set among species or cultures dramatically different from humanity or human society.2006, Christopher Harter, Anthony Tedeschi, Jodine Perkins, Places of the Imagination: A Celebration of Worlds, Islands, and Realms, Bloomington, Ind.: Lilly Library, →ISBN, page 64
  2. (rare) Fiction written from the point of view of a non-human character.
    • Raise your hand if you love xenofiction! There’s something about experiencing the world through non-human eyes that makes just about any plot more exciting to me.2018 February 24, Lydia Schoch, “Saturday Seven: Non-Human Protagonists”, in lydiaschoch.com

Origin of xenofiction

From xeno- + fiction.

Questions about xenofiction

What does xenofiction mean?
Xenofiction means fictional stories about non-humans, especially extraterrestrials.
What part of speech is xenofiction?
Xenofiction is a noun.
How do you pronounce xenofiction?
Xenofiction is pronounced /zɛnəfɪkʃən/.

Words near xenofiction in the dictionary

  1. xenoestrogens
  2. xenoethics
  3. xenofeminism
  4. xenofeminist
  5. xenofeminists
  6. xenofiction
  7. xenofobe
  8. xenofobes
  9. xenofobia
  10. xenofree
  11. xenogamic

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