"survival horror" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: survival horrors [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Japanese サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā), from English survival + horror. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|ja|サバイバルホラー|tr=sabaibaru horā}} Calque of Japanese サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā), {{der|en|en|survival}} English survival Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} survival horror (countable and uncountable, plural survival horrors)
  1. (video games, uncountable) A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film. Tags: uncountable Related terms: survival game Translations (Translations): 生存恐怖 (shēngcúnkǒngbù) (Chinese Mandarin), 恐怖生存 (kǒngbùshēngcún) (Chinese Mandarin), selviytymiskauhupeli (Finnish), survival horror (english: anglicism) [masculine] (French), הישרדות אימה (hisardut-eima) [feminine] (Hebrew), サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā) (Japanese), 서바이벌 호러 (seobaibeol horeo) (Korean), ترس و بقا (Persian)
    Sense id: en-survival_horror-en-noun-N9wBHca5 Categories (other): Video game genres, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 68 32 Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'Translations': 91 9
  2. (countable) An individual game in this genre. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-survival_horror-en-noun-4VEfBR0y

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