"sword and sorcery" meaning in All languages combined

See sword and sorcery on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-sword and sorcery.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sword and sorcery (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Of or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using pre-modern weaponry. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Cinematography, Fantasy, Film genres, Literary genres
    Sense id: en-sword_and_sorcery-en-adj-iSgLgE~7 Disambiguation of Cinematography: 48 52 Disambiguation of Fantasy: 49 51 Disambiguation of Film genres: 48 52 Disambiguation of Literary genres: 49 51 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sword-and-sorcery, swords and sorcery

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-sword and sorcery.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sword and sorcery (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic) A genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using pre-modern weaponry. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Cinematography, Fantasy, Film genres, Literary genres
    Sense id: en-sword_and_sorcery-en-noun-xltAgxg9 Disambiguation of Cinematography: 48 52 Disambiguation of Fantasy: 49 51 Disambiguation of Film genres: 48 52 Disambiguation of Literary genres: 49 51 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sword-and-sorcery, swords and sorcery

Alternative forms

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