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A class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural, or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A particular work belonging to this class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
spekulatiewe fiksie
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Afrikaans:
fantastiese fiksie
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Arabic:
خيال تأملي
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Azerbaijani:
fantastika
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Belarusian:
фантастыка
(fantastyka)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Bengali:
কল্পসাহিত্য
(kolpośahitto)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Bulgarian:
фантастика
(fantastika)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Chinese Mandarin:
推想小說 /推想小说
(tuīxiǎng xiǎoshuō)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Dutch:
speculatieve fictie
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Estonian:
ulme
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Estonian:
imeulme
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Estonian:
fantastika
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Finnish:
spekulatiivinen fiktio
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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French:
littératures de l'imaginaire
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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West-Frisian:
spekulative fiksje
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Georgian:
სპეკულაციური მხატვრული ლიტერატურა
(sṗeḳulaciuri mxaṭvruli liṭeraṭura)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Georgian:
ფანტასტიკური ლიტერატურა
(panṭasṭiḳuri liṭeraṭura)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Georgian:
სპეკულაციური ბელეტრისტიკა
(sṗeḳulaciuri beleṭrisṭiḳa)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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German:
Fantastik
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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German:
Phantastik
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Hebrew:
ספרות ספקולטיבית
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Hungarian:
spekulatív fikció
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Icelandic:
spáskáldskapur
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Italian:
fantastico
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Italian:
fiction speculativa
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Italian:
letteratura dell'immaginario
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Japanese:
スペキュレイティブ・フィクション
(supekyureitibu fikushon)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Japanese:
思弁小説
(shiben shōsetsu)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Kazakh:
фантастика
(fantastika)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Korean:
사변물
(sabyeonmul)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Kyrgyz:
фантастикалуулук
(fantastikaluuluk)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Latvian:
fantastika
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Norwegian:
spekulativ fiksjon
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Persian:
ادبیات گمانهزن
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Polish:
fantastyka
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Portuguese:
ficção especulativa
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Romanian:
ficțiune speculativă
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Russian:
фанта́стика
(fantástika)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Serbo-Croatian:
spekulativna fikcija
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Spanish:
ficción especulativa
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Swedish:
fantastik
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Swedish:
spekulativ fiktion
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Tamil:
ஊகப்புனைவு
(ūkappuṉaivu)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Thai:
จินตนิยาย
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Turkish:
spekülatif kurgu
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Ukrainian:
фанта́стика
(fantástyka)
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Uzbek:
fantastika
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Uzbek:
taxayyulot
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
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Welsh:
ffuglen ddamcaniaethol
— class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements