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fic·tion
(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.
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fictional
– 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.
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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"
unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
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fictional
adjective imaginary, made-up, invented, legendary, unreal, nonexistent a drama featuring fictional characters
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fictional
adjectiveConsisting or suggestive of fiction:
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Translations
خيالي
smyšlený
fiktiv
erdichtet fiktional
képzeltköltöttregényes
skáldaîur, skáldskapar-
izmišljen
düşselhayâlî
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fictional
[ˈfɪkʃənəl] adj [character, place] → fictif/iveCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fictional
adj
(= invented) → erfunden ; (Liter) character, hero, heroine, setting, account → erfunden, fiktiv ; film, drama → fiktional; entirely fictional → rein fiktiv, frei erfunden ; the party’s unity was fictional → die Einheit der Partei war eine Fiktion
(= relating to fiction) work → erzählerisch ; his fictional writing → seine erzählenden Schriften ; a clever fictional device → ein geschickter erzählerischer Trick ; a fictional representation of historical events → eine dichterische Darstellung historischer Ereignisse
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fictional
[ˈfɪkʃənl] adj → immaginario/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fiction
(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. fiksie; verhalende lektuur قصص خَياليه фантастика ficção beletrie die Dichtung skønlitteratur; fiktion μυθοπλασία, μυθιστόρημα ficción ilukirjandus هر چیز تخیلی kaunokirjallisuus roman סיפורת कल्पना, कथा fikcija regény(irodalom) fiksi skáldskapur romanzo, narrativa 小説 소설, 픽션 grožinė literatūra daiļliteratūra; izdomājums cerita rekaan fictie skjønnlitteratur beletrystyka خيالى كيسه، نكل، افسانه ficção ficţiune; roman(e) беллетристика beletria leposlovje fikcija dikt, skönlitteratur, romaner บันเทิงคดี hayâl ürünü öykü 虛構小說 художня література افسانہ tiểu thuyết hư cấu 小说
ˈfictional adjective fiktief خيالي въображаем ficcional smyšlený erdichtet fiktiv; opdigtet φανταστικός ficticio väljamõeldud تخیلی fiktiivinen imaginaire בדוי काल्पनिक izmišljen, fiktivan költött, képzelt; regényes khayalan skáldaður, skáldskapar- romanzesco 架空の 허구의 išgalvotas, grožinės literatūros daiļliteratūras-; izdomāts bersifat rekaan roman- skjønnlitterær, oppdiktet beletrystyczny خيالى، دخيالى كيسې ficcional imaginar беллетристический vymyslený izmišljen fiktivan uppdiktad, skönlitterär เกี่ยวกับบันเทิงคดี hayâlî, düşsel 虛構的 вигаданий; белетристичний افسانوی hư cấu 小说的,虚构的
fictitious (fikˈtiʃəs) adjective1. not true. a fictitious account. denkbeeldig; fiktiewe verhaal مُخْتَلَق، غير حَقيقي фалшив fictício fiktivní erfunden fiktiv; opdigtet φανταστικός, μη αληθινός ficticio fiktiivne غیر واقعی keksitty fictif בדוי काल्पनिक, झूठा nepostojeci, lažan alaptalan, fiktív tidak benar skáldaður, ímyndaður fittizio 偽の 거짓의 fiktyvus fiktīvs tidak benar verzonnen oppdiktet, fiktiv, falsk wymyślony كوټه، ناچله، خيالى،درواغو: نكلى، افسانوى، دنه منلو fictício născocit, inventat фиктивный fiktívny neresničen izmišljen falsk, fingerad ที่ไม่จริง gerçek olmayan, hayâlî 編造的 фіктивний غیر حقیقی giả 编造的
2. not real or based on fact. All the characters in the book are fictitious. fiktief صُوَري، وَهْمي، غير حَقيقي измислен fictício vymyšlený erfunden fiktiv; opdigtet φανταστικός, μη πραγματικός ficticio väljamõeldud خیالی fiktiivinen imaginaire דמיוני काल्पनिक fiktivan, izmišljen kitalált, képzeletbeli khayalan skáldaður, ekki raunverulegur immaginario 架空の 가공의 išgalvotas izdomāts; neīsts rekaan fictief oppdiktet, fiktiv fikcyjny خیالی fictício fictiv вымышленный vymyslený izmišljen izmišljen uppdiktad ที่ไม่ได้ตั้งอยู่บนความเป็นจริง gerçek olmayan, hayâlî 虛構的 вигаданий خیالی hư cấu 虚构的
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