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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]
From science + fiction; apparently coined in 1851 by W. Wilson.
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Noun[edit]
science fiction (usually uncountable, plural science fictions)
- Fiction in which advanced technology or science is a key element.
- Some people consider motion pictures such as the Star Wars movies more as fantasies than science fiction.
- Synonyms: (dated) scientific romance, (dated) scientifiction, sci-fi, SF, skiffy, stf
- Coordinate terms: fantasy, horror
- Hypernyms: imaginative fiction, non-mimetic fiction, SF/F/H, speculative fiction
- Hyponyms: hard science fiction, proto-science fiction, soft 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.
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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]
Borrowed from English science fiction.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
science fiction n (indeclinable)
- (literature) science fiction (genre of fiction)
- Synonym: fantastyka naukowa
- (colloquial) something unbelievable
- 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 something incredible. We don't know what world we live in. This is just something improbable," Ewa Nadel says, the president of the club, who's player is Janowicz.
Further reading[edit]
- science fiction in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- science fiction in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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