sword and sorcery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using pre-modern weaponry.
noun
  1. A genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using pre-modern weaponry.

Pronunciation

En-au-sword and sorcery.ogg

Word forms

sword and sorcery sword-and-sorcery swords and sorcery
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