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fictional
- /ˈfɪkʃənəl/
adjective more fictional · most fictional
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Invented, as opposed to real.
Near-synonyms: fictitious, fake
Similar: imaginary, imagined, fictitious, fake
- Containing invented elements. The Simpsons is a fictional television show.
- Occurring in fiction. Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' t
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Concerning fiction (as a genre or medium): having to do with fiction; specific to fiction.
fictional and nonfictional conventions
Similar: fiction
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: invented, made-up, fictitious, fabricated, fancied, unreal, fictive, pseudo, imaginary, notional, simulated, virtual, imputed, novelistic, hypothetical, token
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adj invented, as opposed to real
| Español | ficticio, inventado, ficcional, fictivo |
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| Kiswahili | -a kubuniwa |
| Português | fictício |
| Français | fictif |
| Deutsch | fiktiv, erfunden, ausgedacht |
| Italiano | immaginario, fittizio, inventato, finto |
| Ελληνικά | φανταστικός fantastikós |
| Русский | вы́мышленный výmyšlennyj, вы́думанный výdumannyj, фикти́вный fiktívnyj, вообража́емый voobražájemyj |
| العربية | خَيَالِيّ ḵayāliyy, مُتَخَيَّل mutaḵayyal |
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