xenofiction

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Fictional stories about non-humans, especially extraterrestrials. rare,uncountable
    — […] escape from their threatened warren and establish a new home has become a classic of xenofiction, a subgenre of science fiction encompassing stories set among species or cultures dramatically different from humanity or human society.
  2. Fiction written from the point of view of a non-human character. rare,uncountable
    — Raise your hand if you love xenofiction! There’s something about experiencing the world through non-human eyes that makes just about any plot more exciting to me.

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos
Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos)
Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der.
English xeno-
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 xenofiction
From xeno- + fiction.
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