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fic·tion F0104000 (fĭk′shən)n.1. a. The category of literature, drama, film, or other creative work whose content is imagined and is not necessarily based on fact.b. Works in this category: the fiction of Virginia Woolf.c. A work within this category: the shorter fictions of Faulkner.2. a. Narrative, explanatory material, or belief that is not true or has been imagined or fabricated: The notion that he was at the scene of the crime is pure fiction.b. A narrative, explanation, or belief that may seem true but is false or fabricated: "Neutrality is a fiction in an unneutral world" (Howard Zinn).3. Law A verbal contrivance that is in some sense inaccurate but that accomplishes a purpose, as in the treatment of husband and wife as one person or a corporation as an entity.
[Middle English ficcioun, from Old French fiction, from Latin fictiō, fictiōn-, from fictus, past participle of fingere, to form; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]
fic′tion·al adj.fic′tion·al′i·ty (-shə-năl′ĭ-tē) n.fic′tion·al·ly adv.fictional fictitious">fictitious1. 'fictional'A fictional character, thing, or event occurs in a story, play, or film, and has never actually existed or happened. I had to put myself into the position of lots of fictional characters....a musical about a fictional composer called Moony Shapiro.Fictional also means 'relating to fiction and the telling of stories'. James Joyce's final fictional experiment was a novel composed entirely of mathematical equations.2. 'fictitious'Something that is fictitious is false and is intended to deceive people. They bought the materials under fictitious names.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | fictional - related to or involving literary fiction; "clever fictional devices"; "a fictional treatment of the train robbery"nonfictional - not fictional | | 2. | fictional - formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"fabricated, fancied, fictitiousunreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" |
fictionaladjective imaginary, made-up, invented, legendary, unreal, nonexistent a drama featuring fictional charactersfictionaladjectiveConsisting or suggestive of fiction:fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, fictitious, fictive, invented, made-up.Translationsfiction (ˈfikʃən) noun stories etc which tell of imagined, not real, characters and events (see also non-fiction). I prefer reading fiction to hearing about real events. 虛構小說 小说ˈfictional adjective 虛構的 小说的，虚构的 fictitious (fikˈtiʃəs) adjective1. not true. a fictitious account. 編造的 编造的2. not real or based on fact. All the characters in the book are fictitious. 虛構的 虚构的EncyclopediaSeefictionfictional
Related to fictional: Fictional characters, Fictional storySynonyms for fictionaladj imaginarySynonyms- imaginary
- made-up
- invented
- legendary
- unreal
- nonexistent
Synonyms for fictionaladj consisting or suggestive of fictionSynonyms- fanciful
- fantastic
- fantastical
- fictitious
- fictive
- invented
- made-up
Synonyms for fictionaladj related to or involving literary fictionAntonymsadj formed or conceived by the imaginationSynonyms- fabricated
- fancied
- fictitious
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