worldbuilding (English, noun)
expansion: worldbuilding (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: The conception and description of a fictional world, often as the setting of a work of fiction, particularly in speculative fiction.
tags: uncountable
glosses: Scientific research into the creation of the Earth and its geological features.
tags: obsolete
uncountable
glosses: The world of imagination of novelists, poets, etc.
tags: obsolete
uncountable
Forms:
form: world-building
tags: alternative
form: world building
tags: alternative