Entertainment / Literature / Speculative Fiction: Also called 'alternative history,' speculative fiction is science fiction that explores how the 'real world' we live in today might be different if historic events had unfolded with slight changes. For instance, Robert Harris' novel Fatherland asks, what would Germany look like three decades later if Nazi Germany had won World War II? Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale asks, what would the U.S. look like if a reproductive crisis (widespread sterility) allowed a fundamentalist regime to come to power and control women's reproduction?
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Speculative Verb Synonyms: intellectual, ideational, abstract, cogitative, notional, theoretical, hypothetical, conjectural, suppositional, supposititious or suppositious, suppositive, rational, ratiocinative, ideal, idealized, idealistic, unrealistic, unpractical, impractical, ana
Speculative Noun Synonyms: risky, hazardous, uncertain, unreliable, untrustworthy, doubtful, dubious, untested, unproven, unproved, iffy, chancy, dicey
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Entertainment / Literature / Science Fiction: Literature in which speculative technology, time travel, alien races, intelligent robots, gene-engineering, space travel, experimental medicine, psionic abilities, dimensional portals, or altered scie MORE
Business / Finance / Speculative Motive: The need for cash to take advantage of investment opportunities that may arise. MORE
Business / Finance / Speculative-Grade Bond: A desire to hold cash in order to be poised to exploit any attractive investment opportunity requiring a cash expenditure that might arise. MORE