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science fiction

[ sahy-uhns fik-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc.


science fiction

noun

    1. a literary genre that makes imaginative use of scientific knowledge or conjecture
    2. ( as modifier )

      a science fiction writer

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

science fiction

  1. Works of fiction that use scientific discoveries or advanced technology — either actual or imaginary — as part of their plot . Jules Verne and H. G. Wells were early writers of science fiction. More recent ones are Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of science fiction1

First recorded in 1925–30
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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.

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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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