ecofiction

noun

Etymology

From eco- + fiction.

  1. derived from fictiō
  2. derived from ficcion
  3. inherited from ficcioun
  4. formed as ecofiction — “eco- + fiction”

Definitions

  1. Fiction that deals with environmental issues and the relation between humanity and the…

    Fiction that deals with environmental issues and the relation between humanity and the physical environment.

    • After the publication of The Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver rose to a position of authority in feminist writings and ecofiction for her command of political allegory set during the Congo's turbulent emergence from colonialism.
    • In 1941, George R. Stewart’s novel “Storm” — chronicling the 12-day life of a fictional cyclone — was published. It is, arguably, the first modern eco-fiction novel.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ecofiction. 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