a short novel
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Science fiction
literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society
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a short novel
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a prose narrative shorter than a novel
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a style of expressing yourself in writing
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.a style of expressing yourself in writing
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.prose writing that is not fictional
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.prose writing that is not fictional
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.a style of expressing yourself in writing
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Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.a movement back from an impact
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.of Fantasy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) undistinguished literary work produced to order.; "James Scully has observed that much of what is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: literary, fantasy, involving, imagined, impact.An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact.
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