science fiction
noun
: fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component
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Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.
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Comedy, romance, action, science fiction.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
This all might sound like science fiction, but these are serious thinkers, and their ideas are tangibly starting to shape priorities and policy within the AI industry.
—Webb Wright, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Twenty-first-century science fiction has played on this idea.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 29 Sep. 2025
This novel, also the basis for the 2010 film of the same name, seamlessly blends literary and science fiction.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
This all might sound like science fiction, but these are serious thinkers, and their ideas are tangibly starting to shape priorities and policy within the AI industry.
—Webb Wright, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Twenty-first-century science fiction has played on this idea.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 29 Sep. 2025
This novel, also the basis for the 2010 film of the same name, seamlessly blends literary and science fiction.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for science fiction
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“Science fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/science%20fiction. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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