"interactive fiction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: interactive fictions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} interactive fiction (countable and uncountable, plural interactive fictions)
  1. (literature, uncountable) Text adventures and their descendants. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Literature, Video game genres Translations (text adventures and their descendants): 互動式小說 /互动式小说 (hùdòngshì xiǎoshuō) (Chinese Mandarin), interaktiivinen kirjallisuus (Finnish), interaktiivinen fiktio (Finnish), те́кстовая игра́ (tékstovaja igrá) [feminine] (Russian), интеракти́вная фанта́стика (intɛraktívnaja fantástika) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-interactive_fiction-en-noun-g9NptG4M Disambiguation of Video game genres: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 95 5 Topics: literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'text adventures and their descendants': 100 0
  2. (countable) A particular game in this style. Tags: countable Translations (game in this style): 互動式小說遊戲 /互动式小说游戏 (Chinese Mandarin), 互動式小說游戏 /互动式小说游戏 (hùdòngshì xiǎoshuō yóuxì) (Chinese Mandarin), interaktiivinen fiktiopeli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-interactive_fiction-en-noun-SnFuseeO Disambiguation of 'game in this style': 0 100

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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