"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, {{m|en|horror}} horror 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 Categories (topical): Video game genres Related terms: survival game Translations (Translations): selviytymiskauhupeli (Finnish), 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): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 76 24 Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'Translations': 88 12
  2. (countable) An individual game in this genre. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-survival_horror-en-noun-4VEfBR0y

Inflected forms

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