scientifantasy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Dated; Slang; Uncountable

"A 4 hr. s-f festival attended by 21. Seen were scientifantasy filmementos from Metropolis. Frankenstein, High Treason, Mummy, […]"
"Frank Belknap Long A protégé of H. P. Lovecraft's and writer of "scientifantasy" tales for five decades"
"In terms of my own writing, the idea of Vance creating or refining “scientifantasy,” or far-future SF that read like fantasy, really resonated."

Blend of scientific + fantasy. First attested in 1937.

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