Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weird fiction

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: weird -fic-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A macabre subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th century, pre-dating the horror and fantasy genres.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Weird fiction is, after all, notoriously typified by the presence of entities so radically different from normality that they are, to borrow a characteristic phrase from H. P. Lovecraft, “impossible to describe” (Lovecraft 2014: 404)."

Etymology

Popularized by H. P. Lovecraft.

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

New Weird

Frequently Paired Words

New Weird

Questions

What does weird fiction mean?: A macabre subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th century, pre-dating the horror and fantasy genres.
Where does weird fiction come from?: Popularized by H. P. Lovecraft.

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