English Explanatory Dictionary

worldbuilding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The conception and description of a fictional world, often as the setting of a work of fiction, particularly in speculative fiction.
  2. Scientific research into the creation of the Earth and its geological features.
  3. The world of imagination of novelists, poets, etc.

Word forms

worldbuilding world-building world building

Etymology

From world + building.

Synonyms

conworlding geofiction
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