English Explanatory Dictionary

petrofiction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. fiction that focuses on the oil industry as a major element.
  2. Fiction that deals with modern culture's dependency on petrochemicals.

Word forms

petrofiction petrofictions

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)der. Latin petrader. English petro- 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 petrofiction Originally coined as petro- + fiction by Amitav Ghosh in his review of Abdel Rahman Munif's quintet of novels Cities of Salt (published by New Republic in March 1992). The term was subsequently broadened by Imre Szeman in a 2012 article in American Book Review.

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