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grimdark adj

(fandom slang) Of a film, television programme, video game, written work, etc.: having a gloomy, dystopian atmosphere. grimdark n (literature) The literary genre of speculative fiction that is amoral, dystopian, or violent. The first edition of the rulebook for the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000, from which the word is derived, was published this month in 1987.

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