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science fiction (**사이**언스 **픽**션)A genre of fiction that deals with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A genre of fiction that deals with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈsaɪəns ˈfɪkʃən/

Korean meaning: 미래의 과학기술, 우주여행, 시간여행, 평행우주, 외계생명체 등 상상적 개념을 다루는 소설 장르

Korean pronunciation: **사이**언스 **픽**션

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother thinks smartphones are pure science fiction, even though she uses one to video call her cats
  • Isaac Asimov is considered one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time
  • The science fiction convention was full of people dressed as aliens, which made the actual aliens feel overdressed

science fiction

NOUN

//ˈsaɪəns ˈfɪkʃən//

A genre of fiction that deals with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life

science fiction concept
💡 Concept

A genre of fiction that deals with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life

science fiction rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Science fiction flows without friction, feeding her endless addiction

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈsaɪəns ˈfɪkʃən/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈsaɪəns ˈfɪkʃən/

🌳Etymology

Rootscience
Suffix-fiction

Origin

1851년 영국 작가 윌리엄 윌슨이 처음 사용했지만, 1929년 휴고 건스백이 'scientifiction'에서 줄여서 만든 용어가 널리 퍼졌다

🎵Rhyme

frictiondictionaddiction
friction
diction
addiction

🔗Collocations

science fiction novel
hard science fiction
science fiction writer
science fiction movie
science fiction fan
classic science fiction

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My grandmother thinks smartphones are pure science fiction, even though she uses one to video call her cats

Isaac Asimov is considered one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time

😄 Fun example

The science fiction convention was full of people dressed as aliens, which made the actual aliens feel overdressed

Many modern technologies were first imagined in science fiction stories

📚Related Words

Synonyms

sci-fispeculative fictionfuturistic fictionSF

Antonyms

realistic fictionhistorical fictioncontemporary fiction

Related

fantasydystopiautopiacyberpunkspace operatime travelalien

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