science-fictionlike

English

Etymology

From science fiction +‎ -like.

Adjective

science-fictionlike (comparative more science-fictionlike, superlative most science-fictionlike)

1. Resembling science fiction.

   Synonyms: science-fictiony, science-fictionish

   • 2016 August 1, Andrew Pollack, “Setting the Body’s ’Serial Killers’ Loose on Cancer”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-18:

     This radical, science-fictionlike therapy differs sharply from the more established type of immunotherapy, developed by other researchers. Those off-the-shelf drugs, known as checkpoint inhibitors, release a molecular brake on the immune system, freeing it to fight the cancer much as it fights infections by bacteria or viruses.