science fiction

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   literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society

   Broaderfantasy

   Narrowercyberpunk

Questions about science fiction

What does science fiction mean?

science fiction means "literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society".

Is science fiction a common word?

science fiction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.