Look up: science-fiction

1. science fiction
   [n] - literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society
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2. science fiction
   noun literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society
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3. science fiction
   a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. The term science fiction was ... [5 related articles]
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4. science fiction
   Story set in the future or in an imaginary world. Science fiction often has a scientific touch to it, which means certain scientific machines or electronic inventions are foreseen. Science fiction may be utopian (about good and desirable places) or dystopian (about bad and unpleasant places).
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5. science fiction
   science fiction, literary genre in which a background of science or pseudoscience is an integral part of the story. Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many of the events recounted are within the realm of future possibility, e.g., robots, space travel, interplanetary war, inv...
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6. science fiction
   Genre of fiction and film with an imaginary scientific, technological, or futuristic basis. It is sometimes held to have its roots in the works of Mary Shelley, notably Frankenstein (1818). Often taking its ideas and concerns from current ideas in science and the social sciences, science fiction aims to shake up standard percepti...
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7. Science fiction
   `Science fiction` is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible (or at least non-supernatural) content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and isbn = 0-345-25452-x -->--> It is similar to, but differs from, fantasy in that, with...
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8. Science Fiction
   (Blackmail album) `Science Fiction` is the second album by the German indie rock quartet blackmail. Following up their debut release in 1997, Science Fiction was more openly accepted and liked. It also accumulated quite a large number of fans, which was a beginning of a more solid care...
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