"scientific romance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scientific romances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scientific romance (countable and uncountable, plural scientific romances)
  1. (dated) Science fiction, especially its early form in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Literary genres, Science fiction
    Sense id: en-scientific_romance-en-noun-s5cTs2XJ Disambiguation of Literary genres: 58 42 Disambiguation of Science fiction: 60 40
  2. Science fiction written in a deliberately anachronistic style, as a homage to or pastiche of early science fiction. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scientific_romance-en-noun-yllApOBU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: edisonade, Vernian, Wellsian

Inflected forms

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