fic|tion

fic|tion
fic|tion «FIHK shuhn», noun.
1. a story that is not fact; novels, short stories, and other prose writings that tell about imaginary people and happenings. “Robinson Crusoe” is fiction. »

Modern fiction lacks the long descriptive passages so characteristic of Victorian writing.

Abbr: fict. SYNONYM(S): tale, romance, fable.
2. something made up: »

The explorer exaggerated so much in telling about his adventures that it was impossible to separate fact from fiction.

3. an imaginary account or statement; made-up story. SYNONYM(S): fabrication, figment.
4. an inventing of imaginary incidents, accounts, or stories; a feigning: »

Her noble birth was just a fiction of the mind.

SYNONYM(S): falsehood, fib.
5. Law. something acted upon as a fact in spite of its possible falsity; legal fiction. It is a fiction that a corporation is a person.
╂[< Latin fictiō, -ōnis < fingere to form, fashion]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • fic´tion|al|iz´er — fic|tion|al|ize «FIHK shuh nuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to give a fictitious form to; make fiction out of: »The famous trial was fictionalized in this novel. –fic´tion|al|iz´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic´tion|al|ly — fic|tion|al «FIHK shuh nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with fiction: »Robinson Crusoe is a fictional character. Some fictional characters seem very real. –fic´tion|al|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic|tion|al — «FIHK shuh nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with fiction: »Robinson Crusoe is a fictional character. Some fictional characters seem very real. –fic´tion|al|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic|tion|al|ize — «FIHK shuh nuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to give a fictitious form to; make fiction out of: »The famous trial was fictionalized in this novel. –fic´tion|al|iz´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic|tion|al|i|za|tion — «FIHK shuh nuh luh ZAY shuhn», noun. 1. the presentation in a dramatic or literary work of actual persons, events, or both, with imaginative invention: »“Inherit the Wind”…is a fictionalization of the [Scopes] Trial and the surrounding events… …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic|tion|al|ist — «FIHK shuh nuh lihst», noun. a writer of fiction; fictionist …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic|tion|eer|ing — «FIHK shuh NIHR ihng», noun. the writing of fiction …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic|tion|eer — «FIHK shuh NIHR», noun. a writer of fiction: »The scientific fictioneers who look into the future…are valuable men (Newsweek) …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic|tion|ist — «FIHK shuh nihst», noun. a writer of fiction …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic|tion|ize — «FIHK shuh nyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.i. to write fiction. –v.t. to fictionalize …   Useful english dictionary

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