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fictive
- /ˈfɪktɪv/
Rhymes with -ɪktɪv
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French fictif.
adjective more fictive · most fictive
- Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional. Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the Unite
- Resulting from imaginative creation: fanciful or invented.
- Being feigned, ingenuine or unreal.
noun fictives
- A headmate who is in some way a character from a fictional work, whether in inspiration, form, or identity. Originally popularized with soulbonds, and also used for fictional introjects and dissociative identity disorder. 1999, " Who ARE these people/things?" (FAQ from website "Subreality Central") https://web.archive.org/web/19990830153823/http://www.subreality.com/sc.htm the fictives -- These are the characters from the stories for whom the Cafe was created, and thus are the most common barflies there. If you watch
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Talk about this word "fictive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fictive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fictive. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fictive "fictive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fictive.Cite this
@misc{fictive_2026,
title = {fictive},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fictive},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
