speculative fiction

Noun

 * 1)  A class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life.
 * 2)  A particular work belonging to this class.
 * 1)  A particular work belonging to this class.
 * 1)  A particular work belonging to this class.
 * 1)  A particular work belonging to this class.

Usage notes

 * Sometimes seen as being more literary or serious than terms such as or.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:speculative fiction

Translations

 * Afrikaans: spekulatiewe fiksie, fantastiese fiksie
 * Arabic: خيال تأملي
 * Azerbaijani: fantastika
 * Belarusian: фантастыка
 * Bengali: কল্পসাহিত্য
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 推想小說
 * Dutch: speculatieve fictie
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: spekulatiivinen fiktio
 * French: littératures de l'imaginaire
 * Georgian: სპეკულაციური მხატვრული ლიტერატურა, ფანტასტიკური ლიტერატურა, სპეკულაციური ბელეტრისტიკა
 * German: Fantastik, Phantastik
 * Hebrew: ספרות ספקולטיבית
 * Icelandic: spáskáldskapur
 * Italian:, fiction speculativa, letteratura dell'immaginario
 * Japanese: スペキュレイティブ・フィクション, 思弁小説
 * Kazakh: фантастика
 * Korean: 사변물
 * Kyrgyz: фантастикалуулук
 * Latvian: fantastika
 * Norwegian: spekulativ fiksjon
 * Persian: ادبیات گمانه‌زن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ficção especulativa
 * Romanian: ficțiune speculativă
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: spekulativna fikcija
 * Spanish: ficción especulativa
 * Swedish: fantastik, spekulativ fiktion
 * Tamil: ஊகப்புனைவு
 * Thai: จินตนิยาย
 * Turkish: spekülatif kurgu
 * Ukrainian: фанта́стика
 * Uzbek:, taxayyulot
 * Welsh: ffuglen ddamcaniaethol
 * West Frisian: spekulative fiksje