"science fiction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪəns ˌfɪkʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-science fiction.wav Forms: science fictions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkʃən Etymology: From science + fiction; apparently coined in 1851 by W. Wilson. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|science|fiction}} science + fiction Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} science fiction (usually uncountable, plural science fictions)
  1. Fiction in which advanced technology or science is a key element. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Genres, Science fiction Hypernyms: speculative fiction Derived forms: hard science fiction, military science fiction, science fact, science faction, science fantasy, science-fictionish, science-fictiony, soft science fiction Related terms: fan of science fiction Translations (fiction genre): wetenskapfiksie (Afrikaans), خَيَال عِلْمِيّ (ḵayāl ʕilmiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), elmi fantastika (Azerbaijani), навуко́вая фанта́стыка (navukóvaja fantástyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), фанта́стыка (fantástyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), нау́чна фанта́стика (naúčna fantástika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ciència-ficció [feminine] (Catalan), 科學幻想 (Chinese Mandarin), 科学幻想 (kēxué huànxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 科幻 (kēhuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 科學虛構 (Chinese Mandarin), 科学虚构 (kēxué xūgòu) (Chinese Mandarin), sciencefiction [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), tieteiskirjallisuus (Finnish), science-fiction (French), ciencia ficción [feminine] (Galician), სამეცნიერო ფანტასტიკა (samecniero panṭasṭiḳa) (Georgian), Science-Fiction [feminine] (German), επιστημονική φαντασία (epistimonikí fantasía) [feminine] (Greek), מַדָּע בִּדְיוֹנִי (madá bid'yóni) [masculine] (Hebrew), tudományos fantasztikum (Hungarian), tudományos-fantasztikus irodalom/műfaj (Hungarian), sci-fi (Hungarian), vísindaskáldskapur [masculine] (Icelandic), fiksi ilmiah (Indonesian), ficsean eolaíochta [masculine] (Irish), fantascienza [feminine] (Italian), SF (esuefu) (Japanese), 空想科学小説 (kūsō kagaku shōsetsu) (Japanese), サイエンスフィクション (saiensu fikushon) (Japanese), ғылыми фантастика (ğylymi fantastika) (Kazakh), 과학소설 (gwahaksoseol) (alt: 科學小說) (Korean), 사이언스 픽션 (saieonseu piksyeon) (Korean), 공상과학 소설 (gongsanggwahak soseol) (alt: 空想科學小說) (Korean), илимий фантастика (ilimiy fantastika) (Kyrgyz), scientia ficticia [feminine] (Latin), научна фантастика (naučna fantastika) [feminine] (Macedonian), fiksyen sains (Malay), pohewa pūtaiao (Maori), paki pohewa pūtaiao (Maori), шинжлэх ухаан уран зөгнөл (šinžlex uxaan uran zögnöl) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), шинжлэх ухааны хий бодол (šinžlex uxaany xii bodol) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠤᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤᠷᠠᠨ ᠵᠥᠩᠨᠡᠯ (sinǰilekü uqaɣan uran ǰöngnel) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠤᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠡᠢ ᠪᠣᠳᠤᠯ (sinǰilekü uqaɣan-ü kei bodul) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), sciéncia-ficcion [feminine] (Occitan), علمی تخیلی ('elmi taxayyoli) (Persian), fantastyka naukowa [feminine] (Polish), ficção científica [feminine] (Portuguese), știință-ficțiune [feminine] (Romanian), science-fiction [neuter] (Romanian), фанта́стика (fantástika) [feminine] (Russian), нау́чная фанта́стика (naúčnaja fantástika) [feminine] (Russian), ficsean saidheans [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), vedecká fantastika [feminine] (Slovak), znanstvena fantastika [feminine] (Slovene), ciencia ficción [feminine] (Spanish), sayansi ya kubuniwa (Swahili), science fiction (Swedish), kathang-agham (Tagalog), илмӣ-тахайюлӣ (ilmi-taxayyuli) (Tajik), นวนิยายวิทยาศาสตร์ (Thai), bilim kurgu (Turkish), науко́ва фанта́стика (naukóva fantástyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), фанта́стика (fantástyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ilmiy fantastika (Uzbek), khoa học viễn tưởng (Vietnamese), khoa học giả tưởng (Vietnamese), פֿאַקטאַזיע (faktazye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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Portuguese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 91 9 Synonyms: scientific romance [dated], scientifiction [dated], sci-fi, SF, skiffy, stf, science-fiction, science fiction, scientific romance, scientifiction, sci-fi, skiffy, SF, stf Hyponyms: biopunk, cyberpunk, dieselpunk, edisonade, feghoot, hard science fiction, proto-science fiction, soft science fiction, space opera, steampunk, stfantasy, transrealism Disambiguation of 'fiction genre': 85 15
  2. (by extension) Technology that, while theoretically possible, is not yet practical. Tags: broadly, uncountable, usually Translations (technology which is not yet practical): 科學幻想 (Chinese Mandarin), 科学幻想 (kēxué huànxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 科幻 (kēhuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), sciencefiction [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), toekomstmuziek [common-gender, feminine] (Dutch), tieteiskirjallisuus (Finnish), science-fiction [feminine] (French), Science-Fiction [feminine] (German), Zukunftsmusik [feminine] (German), framtíðarmúsík [feminine] (Icelandic), fantaisíocht [feminine] (Irish), ficção científica [feminine] (Portuguese), фанта́стика (fantástika) [feminine] (Russian), znanstvena fantastika [feminine] (Slovene), bilim kurgu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-science_fiction-en-noun-Df43u2r2 Disambiguation of 'technology which is not yet practical': 8 92

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "wetenskapfiksie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḵayāl ʕilmiyy",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "خَيَال عِلْمِيّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "navukóvaja fantástyka",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "навуко́вая фанта́стыка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "fantástyka",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "фанта́стыка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "naúčna fantástika",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нау́чна фанта́стика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ciència-ficció"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "科學幻想"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kēxué huànxiǎng",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kēhuàn",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "科學虛構"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kēxué xūgòu",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "科学虚构"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sciencefiction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "tieteiskirjallisuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "science-fiction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ciencia ficción"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "samecniero panṭasṭiḳa",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "სამეცნიერო ფანტასტიკა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Science-Fiction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epistimonikí fantasía",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "επιστημονική φαντασία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "madá bid'yóni",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מַדָּע בִּדְיוֹנִי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "tudományos fantasztikum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "tudományos-fantasztikus irodalom/műfaj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "vísindaskáldskapur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "fiksi ilmiah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ficsean eolaíochta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fantascienza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "SF (esuefu)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kūsō kagaku shōsetsu",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "空想科学小説"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saiensu fikushon",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "サイエンスフィクション"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ğylymi fantastika",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "ғылыми фантастика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "alt": "科學小說",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwahaksoseol",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "과학소설"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "saieonseu piksyeon",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "사이언스 픽션"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "alt": "空想科學小說",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gongsanggwahak soseol",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "공상과학 소설"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ilimiy fantastika",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "илимий фантастика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "naučna fantastika",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "научна фантастика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "fiksyen sains"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "pohewa pūtaiao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "paki pohewa pūtaiao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "šinžlex uxaan uran zögnöl",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "шинжлэх ухаан уран зөгнөл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "šinžlex uxaany xii bodol",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "China",
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "шинжлэх ухааны хий бодол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "sinǰilekü uqaɣan uran ǰöngnel",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠤᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤᠷᠠᠨ ᠵᠥᠩᠨᠡᠯ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "sinǰilekü uqaɣan-ü kei bodul",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠤᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠡᠢ ᠪᠣᠳᠤᠯ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sciéncia-ficcion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'elmi taxayyoli",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "علمی تخیلی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fantastyka naukowa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ficção científica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "știință-ficțiune"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "science-fiction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fantástika",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "фанта́стика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naúčnaja fantástika",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нау́чная фанта́стика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ficsean saidheans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vedecká fantastika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "znanstvena fantastika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ciencia ficción"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "sayansi ya kubuniwa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "science fiction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "kathang-agham"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "ilmi-taxayyuli",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "илмӣ-тахайюлӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "นวนิยายวิทยาศาสตร์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "bilim kurgu"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "roman": "naukóva fantástyka",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "fantástyka",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "uz",
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          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "ilmiy fantastika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "khoa học viễn tưởng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "word": "khoa học giả tưởng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "faktazye",
          "sense": "fiction genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "פֿאַקטאַזיע"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Despite decades of research, mass-market personal aircraft are still science fiction.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Technology that, while theoretically possible, is not yet practical."
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "word": "科學幻想"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kēxué huànxiǎng",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "word": "科学幻想"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kēhuàn",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "word": "科幻"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sciencefiction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toekomstmuziek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "word": "tieteiskirjallisuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "science-fiction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Science-Fiction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zukunftsmusik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "framtíðarmúsík"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fantaisíocht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ficção científica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fantástika",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "фанта́стика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "znanstvena fantastika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
          "word": "bilim kurgu"
        }
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      "sense": "fiction genre",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "uz",
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      "word": "ilmiy fantastika"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "fiction genre",
      "word": "khoa học viễn tưởng"
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      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "word": "科學幻想"
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      "code": "cmn",
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toekomstmuziek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "word": "tieteiskirjallisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "science-fiction"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Science-Fiction"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zukunftsmusik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "framtíðarmúsík"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantaisíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficção científica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fantástika",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фанта́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "znanstvena fantastika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "technology which is not yet practical",
      "word": "bilim kurgu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "science fiction"
}

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