Fictitious vs Fictionalism - What's the difference?
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Not real; invented; contrived.
(philosophy) The doctrine that certain concepts are simply convenient fictions
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Fictitious is a related term of fictionalism.
As an adjective fictitious
is not real; invented; contrived.As a noun fictionalism is
(philosophy) the doctrine that certain concepts are simply convenient fictions.fictitious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- St. Mary Mead is a fictitious village from the books of Agatha Christie.