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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From science + fiction; apparently coined in 1851 by W. Wilson.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈsaɪəns ˌfɪkʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: sci‧ence fic‧tion
- Rhymes: -ɪkʃən
Noun[edit]
science fiction (usually uncountable, plural science fictions)
- Fiction in which advanced technology or science is a key element.
- Synonyms: (dated) scientific romance, (dated) scientifiction, sci-fi, SF, skiffy, stf
- Hypernyms: imaginative fiction, non-mimetic fiction, SF/F/H, speculative fiction
- Hyponyms: hard science fiction, proto-science fiction, soft science fiction
- Coordinate terms: fantasy, horror
- Some people consider motion pictures such as the Star Wars movies more as fantasies than science fiction.
- (by extension) Technology that, while theoretically possible, is not yet practical.
- Despite decades of research, mass-market personal aircraft are still science fiction.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- hard science fiction
- military science fiction
- science fact
- science faction
- science fantasy
- science-fictionish
- science-fictiony
- soft science fiction
Translations[edit]
fiction
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technology which is not yet practical
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Further reading[edit]
- science fiction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English science fiction.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
science fiction n (indeclinable, abbreviation s.f. or SF)
- (literature) science fiction (genre of fiction)
- Synonym: fantastyka naukowa
- elementy science fiction ― science fiction elements
- (colloquial) something inconceivable, something incredible, something unbelievable
- polityczne science fiction ― political science fiction
- 2013, “Łódź żyje Janowiczem. To jakieś „science fiction””, in Wprost[1]:
- – To dla nas jakieś science fiction. Nie wiemy, w jakim świecie żyjemy. To jest po prostu coś nieprawdopodobnego – mówi Ewa Nadel, prezes klubu, którego zawodnikiem jest Janowicz.
- “This is unbelievable. We don't know what world we live in. This is just something inconceivable,” says Ewa Nadel, president of the club whose player is Janowicz.
Adjective[edit]
science fiction (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (literature, postpositive, relational) science fiction (genre of fiction)
- Synonym: fantastycznonaukowy
- opowiadanie science fiction ― science fiction short story
- (postpositive) inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable
Further reading[edit]
- science fiction I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- science fiction II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- science fiction in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English science fiction.
Noun[edit]
- science fiction
- Hennes favoritgenre var science fiction
- Her favorite genre was science fiction
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