climate fiction

American  

[klahy-mit fik-shuhn] / ˈklaɪ mɪt ˌfɪk ʃən /

noun

1. a genre of fiction, encompassing both speculative and realist works, in which climate change and other environmental concerns are major themes.

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Etymology

Origin of climate fiction

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

Shannon Falkner, an English teacher at Chatham High School in Chatham, N.J., said her freshman English students have written climate fiction, or “cli-fi.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

Q. A few years ago, it felt like climate fiction was a pretty niche subject.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2023

The Terraformers, refreshingly, is the opposite of the dystopian, we’re-all-doomed chiller that’s become so common in climate fiction.

From Scientific American • Jan. 8, 2023

Bridging climate fiction with a focus on the politics of health and disability, A.T.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2022

Blount points to Octavia Butler’s 1993 classic climate fiction novel “Parable of the Sower” as a major influence on the record.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022