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fictitious

  • /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ Australia, Canada, US

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adjective ficticious · fictious

  1. not comparable Invented; contrived. Near-synonyms: fake, fictional

    Similar: imaginary, invented, contrived, fictive, fabled, fake, fictional

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Closest in meaning: made-up, invented, fabricated, fictional, fictive, fancied, assumed, pretended, imitative, counterfeit, sham, false, unreal, put on, pseudo, illusive

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adj invented

Españolficticio, inventado
한국어허구적 heogujeok
中文編造的 /编造的 biānzào de, 虛構的 /虚构的 xūgòu de
हिन्दीमनगढ़ंत managṛhant, कल्पित kalpit
Portuguêsfictício
Françaisfictif
Deutscherfunden, fiktiv
Italianofittizio
Românăfictiv, născocit
Русскийфикти́вный fiktívnyj, вы́мышленный výmyšlennyj, подде́льный poddélʹnyj
العربيةمُخْتَلَق muḵtalaq

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@misc{fictitious_2026,
  title = {fictitious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fictitious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}