Definition of science fiction
: 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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Examples of science fiction in a Sentence
Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.
Recent Examples of science fiction from the Web
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This July, Netflix is adding a sixth season of Orange is the New Black to its lineup, as well as Extinction, the new science fiction / horror film from Hounds of Love writer-director Ben Young.
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For someone who has read a lot of science fiction, finding such a refreshing, non-serious, and side-splittingly hilarious take on the genre was a truly great moment.
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The Avengers: Infinity War actress links her love of science fiction films to her childhood.
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However, adding the sensation of touch to virtual reality has, until recently, been the stuff of science fiction.
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This in turn suggests that a person whose mind is deeply linked to devices must be a medical patient or else a rare, strange, hybrid creature out of science fiction—a cyborg.
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The Shape of Water, Best Picture On Sunday night, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water became the first science fiction film to win top honors at the Academy awards.
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David Bischoff, 66, a native Washingtonian who wrote dozens of science fiction and horror novels, died March 19 at his home in Eugene, Ore.
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The pioneering science fiction writer Jules Verne offers a fascinating example of Howe’s insistence that authors are often at odds with their own explicit ideology.
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First Known Use of science fiction
1851
SCIENCE FICTION Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of science fiction for English Language Learners
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: stories about how people and societies are affected by imaginary scientific developments in the future
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Definition of science fiction for Students
: made-up stories about the influence of real or imagined science on society or individuals
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