xenofictionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /zɛnəfɪkʃən/
• ハイフネーション: xe‧no‧fict‧ion

名詞

xenofiction (uncountable)

1. (science fiction, まれに) Fictional stories about non-humans, especially extraterrestrials.
   • 2006, Christopher Harter; Anthony Tedeschi; Jodine Perkins, Places of the Imagination: A Celebration of Worlds, Islands, and Realms, Lilly Library, →ISBN, page 64:

     [...] escape from their threatened warren and establish a new home has become a classic of xenofiction, a subgenre of science fiction encompassing stories set among species or cultures dramatically different from humanity or human society.

2. (science fiction, まれに) Fiction written with a non-human point of view character.
   • 2018 February 24, Lydia Schoch, “Saturday Seven: Non-Human Protagonists”, in lydiaschoch.com:

     Raise your hand if you love xenofiction! There’s something about experiencing the world through non-human eyes that makes just about any plot more exciting to me.