fiction

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

[edit] Etymology

From Latin fictionem (accusative of fictio).

[edit] Noun

fiction (plural fictions)

1. Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

   The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.

   I am a great reader of fiction.

2. (uncountable) Invention.

   The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction.

[edit] Synonyms

• fabrication
• figment

[edit] Antonyms

• fact

[edit] Derived terms

• non-fiction
• science fiction
• speculative fiction
• fiction section

[edit] Related terms

• fictitious
• fictional

[edit] Translations

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin fictionem (nominative of fictio).

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[edit] Noun

fiction f. (plural fictions)

1. fiction

[edit] Related terms

• fictif
• science-fiction