scientifictionn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌɪəntᵻˈfɪkʃn/, U.S.

/ˌsaɪəntəˈfɪkʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: scientific adj., fiction n.

Etymology: Blend of scientific adj. and fiction n. Compare earlier scientific fiction n. at scientific adj. and n. Compounds 2.

Now chiefly historical.

Science fiction.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > science fiction, etc. > [noun]

scientific fiction1876

science fiction1898

scientifiction1916

S.F.1929

science fantasy1931

STF1931

sci-fic1952

sci-fi1955

1916 H. Gernsback in Electr. Experimenter Jan. 474/1 I am supposed to report Münchhaussen's doings; am supposed to be writing fiction, scientifiction, to be correct.

1930 Notes & Queries 10 May 339/1 This class of literature is having a tremendous vogue in America just now. Quite a number of popular magazines are devoted to what they have dubbed ‘Scientifiction’.

1940 ‘G. Orwell’ in Horizon 1 191 H. G. Wells..is the father of ‘Scientifiction’.

1955 C. S. Lewis Surprised by Joy ii. 41 That the ordinary interest in scientifiction is an affair for psychoanalysts is borne out by the fact that all who like it, like it thus ravenously.

2002 M. Bishop N.Y. Rev. Sci. Fiction 1/1 I haven't written bona fide beholden-to-Gernsback scientifiction in nine or ten years.

Derivatives

ˌscientiˈfictional adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > science fiction, etc. > [adjective]

science fiction1929

scientifictional1929

science-fictional1932

sci-fic1939

science-fictionalized1950

science-fictive1956

1929 Amazing Stories Q. Fall 575 I wish to compliment you on your choice of ‘scientifictional’ stories.

1970 New Scientist 5 Feb. 264/2 In this scientifictional milieu I can still sit on the lakeshore and rationally speculate that sounds heard across the water are messages from the past.

2011 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 24 July a7 It often seems today that the techies—at their most scientifictional and fantastic—are speaking like McLuhan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scientifiction
释义	scientifictionn. Brit. /ˌsʌɪəntᵻˈfɪkʃn/, U.S. /ˌsaɪəntəˈfɪkʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: scientific adj., fiction n. Etymology: Blend of scientific adj. and fiction n. Compare earlier scientific fiction n. at scientific adj. and n. Compounds 2. Now chiefly historical. Science fiction. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > science fiction, etc. > [noun] scientific fiction1876 science fiction1898 scientifiction1916 S.F.1929 science fantasy1931 STF1931 sci-fic1952 sci-fi1955 1916 H. Gernsback in Electr. Experimenter Jan. 474/1 I am supposed to report Münchhaussen's doings; am supposed to be writing fiction, scientifiction, to be correct. 1930 Notes & Queries 10 May 339/1 This class of literature is having a tremendous vogue in America just now. Quite a number of popular magazines are devoted to what they have dubbed ‘Scientifiction’. 1940 ‘G. Orwell’ in Horizon 1 191 H. G. Wells..is the father of ‘Scientifiction’. 1955 C. S. Lewis Surprised by Joy ii. 41 That the ordinary interest in scientifiction is an affair for psychoanalysts is borne out by the fact that all who like it, like it thus ravenously. 2002 M. Bishop N.Y. Rev. Sci. Fiction 1/1 I haven't written bona fide beholden-to-Gernsback scientifiction in nine or ten years. Derivatives ˌscientiˈfictional adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > science fiction, etc. > [adjective] science fiction1929 scientifictional1929 science-fictional1932 sci-fic1939 science-fictionalized1950 science-fictive1956 1929 Amazing Stories Q. Fall 575 I wish to compliment you on your choice of ‘scientifictional’ stories. 1970 New Scientist 5 Feb. 264/2 In this scientifictional milieu I can still sit on the lakeshore and rationally speculate that sounds heard across the water are messages from the past. 2011 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 24 July a7 It often seems today that the techies—at their most scientifictional and fantastic—are speaking like McLuhan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1916
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