OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 32954

speculative

/ˈspɛkjuləˌtɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
especulativo
Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
Like The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake is a speculative fiction, not a science fiction proper.
When not inaccurate, much commentary on the contents of Hobson-Jobson is couched in hedges or relies on speculative estimates in the absence of exact information.