nonfiction
See also: non-fiction
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[edit]nonfiction (countable and uncountable, plural nonfictions)
- Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.
- Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.
- 2005 May 23, Eric Pfanner, “Puzzling phenomenon sweeps British papers”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 28 October 2021:
- A sudoku book sits atop the Nielsen BookScan nonfiction best-seller list.
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[edit]written works intended to give facts
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