English Explanatory Dictionary

geofiction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  2. The conception and creation of realistic geological processes and landforms for the purposes of a fictional world.

Word forms

geofiction geo-fiction

Etymology

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).

Derived words

geofictional geofictionist interactive geofiction
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