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speculative fiction
[ spek-yuh-luh-tiv fik-shuhn, -leytiv ]
noun
- a broad category of fiction encompassing any story that contains imaginative, futuristic, or supernatural elements. fantasy ( def 9 ), science fiction ( def ), alternate history ( def 1 ).
speculative fiction
noun
- a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
Word History and Origins
Origin of speculative fiction1
Word History and Origins
Origin of speculative fiction1
Example Sentences
Images of the American military deployed in the streets against the American people as part of Trump regime’s coup are not the stuff of speculative fiction or the recent film "Civil War."
As famed author Harlan Ellison’s collections of speculative fiction are reissued, his longtime home offers a window into his complicated soul.
He smiles, knowing that the mind that created this funky tableau belonged to none other than his closest friend, the eccentric author of speculative fiction, Harlan Ellison.
This theme draws upon the expansive use of the word “queer”—as a verb, along with the rich history of speculative fiction created by and for LGBTQ+ people.
I didn’t find the breasts scandalous or remotely offensive; for one thing, the movie is a speculative fiction about a city that more or less looks like New York, if one modeled on ancient Rome.
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