sword and sorcery

Speech parts

1. sword and sorcery - Noun

2. sword and sorcery - Adjective

Meaning

sword and sorcery (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Of or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using pre-modern weaponry.

sword and sorcery (uncountable)

(idiomatic) A genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using pre-modern weaponry.

sword-and-sorcery (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of sword and sorcery

sword-and-sorcery (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of sword and sorcery

Alternative names

sword-and-sorcery

Examples

I read H.P. Lovecraft. I also like Sword and Sorcery stuff, Arthurian legend. Bruce Boxleitner

Action superstar Schwarzenegger's breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian in 1982, which was a box-office hit. Source: Internet

David Pringle wrote of the novel: "This is a sword-and-sorcery tale, yet it borders on sf by virtue of its distant future setting and the conceit that most of the 'magic' is in fact ancient, little-understood science. Source: Internet

However, the celebrated American sword-and-sorcery author Fritz Leiber replied in the journal Ancalagon (6 April 1961) suggesting, "sword-and-sorcery as a good popular catchphrase for the field". Source: Internet

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