scientifiction
noun/ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪˈfɪk.ʃən/
Etymology Blend of scientific + fiction. Coined by Hugo Gernsback in 1916.
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Dated Science fiction.
- I am supposed to report Münchhaussen's^([sic]) doings; am supposed to be writing fiction, scientifiction, to be correct.1916 January, Hugo Gernsback, Electrical Experimenter, page 474:
- 1926, Hugo Gernsback, Amazing Stories, "A New Sort of Magazine" There is the usual fiction magazine, the love story and the sex-appeal type of magazine, the adventure type, and so on, but a magazine of "Scientifiction" is a pioneer in its field in America. By "scientifiction" I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story—a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision.
1 more example
- Lewis's novels are the scientifiction of a philosopher.1949, Chad Walsh, C. S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics:
- Synonyms
- science fiction, sci-fi, SF
- Derived terms
- scientifictional, stf
- Related terms
- fantasy, speculative fiction