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speculative fiction

noun

a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements

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Nearby words

specular, specularly, speculate, speculation, speculative, speculative fiction, speculative philosophy, speculator, speculum, speculum forceps, speculum metal

Word Origin for speculative fiction

C20
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