# worldbuilding

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #93,336

## Definitions
1. The conception and description of a fictional world, often as the setting of a work of fiction, particularly in speculative fiction.
2. Scientific research into the creation of the Earth and its geological features.
3. The world of imagination of novelists, poets, etc.

## Etymology
From world + building.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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