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science fiction
[ sahy-uhns fik-shuhn ]
noun
- a form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc.
science fiction
noun
- a literary genre that makes imaginative use of scientific knowledge or conjecture
- ( as modifier )
a science fiction writer
Word History and Origins
Origin of science fiction1
Example Sentences
But the law was written in 1996 when the web was tied to telephone wires, and location-based social media sex apps were a fever dream of science fiction.
The policy was based on a misunderstanding of embryonic stem cell science, which made it, in Mooney’s words, “a policy based on science fiction.”
The fantasy graphic novel and science fiction writer - whose books Good Omens, American Gods and The Sandman have been adapted for television - was the subject of a New York Magazine cover story.
A deeper investigation revealed silver deposits permeating his tissues, turning him a hue more often reserved for science fiction.
Let’s be clear: like science fiction, mirror bacteria — full mirror organisms capable of self-replicating and taking on all of our immune systems — don’t exist yet in the real world.
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