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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesficción especulativa
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ficción especulativa
"La ficción especulativa incluye géneros como la ciencia ficción y la fantasía."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A broad literary genre encompassing fiction with certain elements that do not exist in the real world, often including science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
"She prefers reading speculative fiction that explores alternate histories and dystopian futures."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined broadly in the mid-20th century, popularized by authors like Robert A. Heinlein in the 1940s to describe fiction that deals with hypothetical or futuristic elements not strictly bound by current scientific reality.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "speculative fiction" is said worldwide
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fiction spéculative
Transliteration: fiction spéculative
"La fiction spéculative englobe la science-fiction et la fantasy."
speculative Fiktion
Transliteration: speculative Fiktion
"Speculative Fiktion ist ein Sammelbegriff für phantastische Literatur."
narrativa speculativa
Transliteration: narrativa speculativa
"La narrativa speculativa esplora mondi possibili e futuri alternativi."
ficción especulativa
Transliteration: ficción especulativa
"La ficción especulativa incluye géneros como la ciencia ficción y la fantasía."
ficção especulativa
Transliteration: ficção especulativa
"A ficção especulativa desafia nossa compreensão da realidade."
कल्पना आधारित कथा साहित्य
Transliteration: kalpana adharit katha sahitya
"वह कल्पना आधारित कथा साहित्य पढ़ना पसंद करती है।"
设定性小说
Transliteration: shè dìng xìng xiǎo shuō
"设定性小说包含了科幻小说和奇幻小说。"
사변소설
Transliteration: sabyeon소설
"그는 사변소설 작가로 유명합니다."
スペキュレイティブ・フィクション
Transliteration: supekyureitibu fikushon
"彼女はスペキュレイティブ・フィクションの愛読者です。"
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