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sci-fi

/saɪ.faɪ/ UK

Rhymes with -aɪfaɪ

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noun sci fi · scifi

uncountable A genre of movies featuring mostly fictional scientific scenes. 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.
colloquial, uncountable Syllabic abbreviation of science fiction.

adjective sci fi · scifi

Of or pertaining to such a genre.
Similar: science fiction. science-fiction, sci-fix, sci-fic, SF, S.F., S. F., sf, s.f.

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adj science fiction

中文	科幻 kēhuàn
Français	S-F, science-fiction
Italiano	fantascienza
Ελληνικά	ΕΦ EF
Русский	сай-фа́й saj-fáj

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@misc{sci_fi_2026,
  title = {sci-fi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sci-fi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}