sci-fi

alternative sci fi · alternative scifi

1. uncountableA genre of movies featuring mostly fictional scientific scenes.

   Several sci-fi films and novels have very accurately predicted and paved the way for many of the pieces of technology we enjoy today.

   2015 August 13, Emmanuel Tsekleves, “Science fiction as fact: how desires drive discoveries”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2016

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   I'm the kind of sci-fi addict who can stand any amount of improbability, bad acting, uninterested direction and poverty-row budgets, but can't take The Mind of Mr. Soames.

   1970, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (contributor), Films in Review, volume 21, page 571

2. colloquialuncountableSyllabic abbreviation of science fiction.

alternative sci fi · alternative scifi

1. Of or pertaining to such a genre.

   Synonyms: science fiction. science-fiction, sci-fix, sci-fic, SF, S.F., S. F., sf, s.f.