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: of, relating to, or being science fiction
a sci-fi film
sci-fi noun

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For both the London and Los Angeles premieres of the Netflix sci-fi series’ fifth season, stylist Ryan Young curated Brown’s Ashi Studios and Rodarte looks, with a bevy of black fabric, plumage, corsetry and more. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025 Paradise is a Hulu sci-fi thriller set in an underground bunker following a mass extinction event. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025 Not long ago, Tokarczuk sent us some remarks about a few of her favorite sci-fi and speculative-fiction writers, whose books mix the fantastical and the prosaic masterfully. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025 The Booker Prize–winning McEwan began his career writing Gothic tales, matured into creating twisty literary mysteries, and later dabbled in political fiction and sci-fi. The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sci-fi

Word History

Etymology

shortened from science fiction

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sci-fi was in 1953

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“Sci-fi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sci-fi. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.

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sci-fi

noun
ˈsī-ˈfī
sci-fi adjective

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