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noun
A work of post-apocalyptic science fiction dealing with the adventures of a small group of people who survive the collapse of civilization relatively unscathed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Coined by Brian Aldiss in 1973, in reference to the works of John Wyndham.
