time loop
nounEtymology From time + loop.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken.
- Edge Of Tomorrow, Doug Liman’s click-clacky sci-fi take on Groundhog Day, stars Tom Cruise as a smarmy press flack who gets stuck in a time loop during an alien invasion.2014 June 5, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Edge Of Tomorrow puts Tom Cruise through an action-packed Groundhog Day”, in AV Club:
- Related terms
- closed time loop, Groundhog Day