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science fiction

[sahy-uhns fik-shuhn] / ˈsaɪ əns ˈfɪk ʃən /
NOUN
literary fantasy about future
Synonyms
STRONGEST
SF sci-fi
WEAK
futurism sci-fi movie space fiction space odyssey space opera

Example Sentences

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Witnessing a solar eclipse from space was a spectacle worthy of science fiction, as pilot Glover put it.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The dangers they talked about felt like far-off science fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Is he her son is a tricky question because of where we’re going on a science fiction level.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

This includes teams working with China's Einstein Probe and the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array, which is widely recognized from its appearance in the science fiction film Contact.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

These opening lines of H. G. Wells’ 1897 science fiction classic The War of the Worlds maintain their haunting power to this day.*

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan