sci-fi
Americanadjective
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sci-fi
First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Monk-Payton said in the case of “Severance,” what began as a sharply observed workplace sci-fi story expanded into denser mythology in its second season.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
In a totalitarian sci-fi world, a hammer thrown by a young athlete smashes a "Big Brother" figure declaiming to brainwashed citizens from a vast screen.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Reviving a frozen brain sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, but a new study gives clues to how scientists might one day do that.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
One of them, XPrize & Singularity University founder and chair Peter H. Diamandis, just launched a $3.5 million fund to promote optimistic sci-fi films to counter the AI doomsday narrative.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
His hair was lighter than Rebecca’s, but they both looked like all the scientists that Moss had seen in the sci-fi films he’d grown up on.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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