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单词 nonfiction
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nonfiction

noun

non·​fic·​tion ˌnän-ˈfik-shən How to pronounce nonfiction (audio)
: writing or cinema that is about facts and real events
He prefers to read nonfiction rather than novels.
nonfictional
ˌnän-ˈfik-shnəl How to pronounce nonfiction (audio)
-shə-nᵊl
adjective

Example Sentences

He reads a lot of nonfiction.
Recent Examples on the Web This nonfiction book tells the fascinating life story of Peruvian archaeologist Julio Tello, who worked to preserve indigenous cultural sites around Peru and shine light on the country's culture. Christina Montoya Fiedler, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2022 Poet and psychoanalyst Nuar Alsadir’s first nonfiction book advocates the liberating power of spontaneity, curiosity, humor. Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 The actor played Irish carjacker Jimmy Conway in the gangster film, an adaptation based on Nicholas Pileggi's nonfiction book Wiseguy published in 1985. Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022 The series is based on the nonfiction book Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen Of France, by Leonie Frieda, and will jump between two timelines to explore Catherine's history and present. Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 12 Aug. 2022 So my recommendation this week is a wonderful nonfiction book called The Value of a Whale. Wired Staff, Wired, 28 July 2022 Still, Sorvino is probably best known for his turn as Cicero, who loved a good meal and sliced his garlic with a razor blade, in the ultra-violent GoodFellas (1990), which Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese adapted from Pileggi’s 1986 nonfiction book. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2022 Janet Malcolm’s meta-biography about Sylvia Plath remains the go-to nonfiction book about the dueling motivations of biographers and descendants. Ada Calhoun, The Atlantic, 11 July 2022 The series is based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Justin Fenton. Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

nonfiction

noun

non·​fic·​tion ˈnän-ˈfik-shən How to pronounce nonfiction (audio)
: writing that is about facts or real events
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