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geofiction

noun

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).

  1. derived from fictiō
  2. derived from ficcion
  3. inherited from ficcioun
  4. compounded as geofiction — “geo- + fiction”

Definitions

  1. The conception and creation of a fictional cartographic design that is the setting of a…

    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…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for geofiction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA