scientifiction en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪˈfɪk.ʃən/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction blend English scientifiction Blend of scientific + fiction. Coined by Hugo Gernsback in 1916.
Meanings
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(dated, uncountable) Science fiction.
1926, Hugo Gernsback, Amazing Stories, "A New Sort of Magazine" There is the usual fiction magazine, the love story and the sex-appeal type of magazine, the adventure type, and so on, but a magazine of "Scientifiction" is a pioneer in its field in America. By "scientifiction" I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story—a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision.
I am supposed to report Münchhaussen's^([sic]) doings; am supposed to be writing fiction, scientifiction, to be correct.
1916 January, Hugo Gernsback, Electrical Experimenter, page 474:Lewis's novels are the scientifiction of a philosopher.
1949, Chad Walsh, C. S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics:
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science fiction · SF · sci-fi