Usually means: Fantasy genre emphasizing magic, combat.
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  1. sword and sorcery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. sword and sorcery: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sword-and-sorcery, sword and sorcery: Wiktionary
  4. sword-and-sorcery: Dictionary.com
  5. Sword and Sorcery, Sword-and-sorcery, Sword and sorcery: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. sword-and-sorcery: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms

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  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sword and sorcery)

adjective:  (idiomatic) Of or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using pre-modern weaponry.
noun:  (idiomatic) A genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using pre-modern weaponry.

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