geofiction

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The conception and creation of a fictional cartographic design that is the setting of a work of fiction or of one's imagination; worldbuilding. uncountable
    — It may, however, be regarded as typical that this is often the type of story in which undue attention is paid to the description of the 'ficticious' ^([sic]) geographical environment (a striking example being the geofiction of The Lord of the Rings).
  2. The conception and creation of realistic geological processes and landforms for the purposes of a fictional world. specifically,uncountable

词形变化

geo-fiction alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Pre-Greek der.
Proto-Hellenic *gayader.
Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
Ancient Greek γῆ (gê)
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)
Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der.
English geo-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingōder.
Latin fingō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin fictiōder.
Old French ficcionbor.
Middle English ficcioun
English fiction
English geofiction
From geo- + fiction. Ostensibly coined by future members of the Dutch Geofiction Association (founded 1984).
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