survival horror
survival horror · survival horrors
A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources in a dangerous setting like…A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film.
(countable)An individual game in this genre.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語;Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from survival + horror.
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Forms
plural: survival horrors| Singular | survival horror |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsurvival game
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable