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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For decades, science fiction offered a comforting ethical blueprint: Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
This is trying to incorporate some of that world of science fiction/fantasy into a comedy.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 9 July 2025
For anyone who loves the soapy drama of Yellowstone but wants a bit of Stranger Things science fiction thrown in, Outer Range is a sure bet.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 6 July 2025
These kinds of attacks are no longer science fiction.
—William Jones, USA Today, 30 June 2025
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
This is trying to incorporate some of that world of science fiction/fantasy into a comedy.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 9 July 2025
For anyone who loves the soapy drama of Yellowstone but wants a bit of Stranger Things science fiction thrown in, Outer Range is a sure bet.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 6 July 2025
These kinds of attacks are no longer science fiction.
—William Jones, USA Today, 30 June 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 19 Jul. 2025.
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