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Meaning of stfantasy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈstɛˈfæntəsi/

Definitions

The overall field of literature containing the genres of science fiction and fantasy fiction; imaginative fiction; speculative fiction.

dated, slang

Examples

“The average stefnist eats up good stfantasy, has an exaggerated idea of its literary merit, and will leap to defend it against detractors.”
“First, many thanks for giving us a de Camp tale. He is, to me, the most literate writer ever produced by stfantasy.”
“The usual melange of serious articles on stfantasy and its personalities, copiously interspersed with advertising. If you collect, sell, trade, or read fantasy or stf you cannot do without this one.”
“After all, it was these same "parasites" who did much to keep science-fiction going in the dark days when stfantasy was the skeleton in the closet of literature — they supported it, they introduced it to their friends, they risked ridicule because they were intelligent enough to believe in what they liked.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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