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fictitious

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Proto-Indo-European *dheyǵh-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *dhinéǵhti
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō der.
Latin fingō
Latin fictus
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -īcus
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -īcius
English fictitious

    Borrowed from Latin fictīcius .

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    fictitious (not comparable )

    1. Invented ; contrived.
      Synonyms: imaginary , invented , contrived , fictive , fabled
      Near-synonyms: fake , fictional
      • 2015, Clifford Chafin, "The Absence of Stokes Drift in Waves", in arXiv ‎[1] ‎[2] , archived from the original on 20 April 2024:
        Here we demonstrate that the explanation for this arises from subtle end-of-packet and wavetrain gradient effects such as microbreaking events and wave-flow decomposition subtleties required to conserve mass and momentum and avoid fictitious external forces.
      • 2026 January 21, David Smith, "Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech", in The Guardian ‎[3] , →ISSN, archived from the original on 5 March 2026:
        It is there in Trump’s decision to grant asylum to white South Africans because of a fictitious "white genocide" said to be taking place in their country.

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