Dictionary

speculative fiction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (uncountable) A class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural, or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life.
   • Stephenson is one of speculative fiction’s most meticulous architects, and here he’s got sheets and sheets of blueprint. 2021 November 16, Omar El Akkad, “Neal Stephenson’s Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • There are at least two principal ways to write speculative fiction—write about people, or write about gadgets. 1947, Robert A. Heinlein, On the Writing of Speculative Fiction:
   • And the speculation shows signs of turning into very sophisticated science fiction – science fiction in the purest sense; speculative fiction about science. 1987, Angela Carter, “Bruce Chatwin: The Songlines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 588:
2. (countable) A particular work belonging to this class.

Forms

Antonyms

mimetic fiction

Hypernyms

genre fiction

Hyponyms

horror · utopian · dystopian · speculative erotica · alternate history · punk · magic realism · fantasy · omegaverse · apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · superhero · supernatural · science fiction

Synonyms

SF/F/H · non-mimetic fiction · speculative fiction · SF · imaginative fiction

Translations (50)

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