Meanings
alternative geo-fiction
- uncountableThe conception and creation of a fictional cartographic design that is the setting of a work of fiction or of one's imagination; worldbuilding.
It may, however, be regarded as typical that this is often the type of story in which undue attention is paid to the description of the 'ficticious' ^([sic]) geographical environment (a striking example being the geofiction of The Lord of the Rings).
2011, Stijn Reijnders, Places of the Imagination: Media, Tourism, Culture, Ashgate, →ISBN, page 111 - specificallyuncountableThe conception and creation of realistic geological processes and landforms for the purposes of a fictional world.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Englishgeo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
- Proto-Italic*θingō
- Proto-Italic*fingō
- Latinfingō
- Latinfictiō
- Old Frenchficcion
- Middle Englishficcioun
- Englishfiction
- Englishgeofiction
From geo- + fiction. Ostensibly coined by future members of the Dutch Geofiction Association (founded 1984).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
geofiction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geofiction
“geofiction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geofiction. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geofiction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geofiction.
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