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Fictitious is a related term of fiction.


As a adjective fictitious

is not real; invented; contrived.

As a noun fiction is

literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

fictitious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not real; invented; contrived.
  • St. Mary Mead is a fictitious village from the books of Agatha Christie.

    Synonyms

    * imaginary, invented, contrived, fictive

    fiction

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
  • The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions .
    I am a great reader of fiction .
  • (uncountable) Invention.
  • The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction .

    Synonyms

    * fabrication * figment

    Antonyms

    * documentary * fact * non-fiction

    Derived terms

    * non-fiction * science fiction * speculative fiction * fiction section