fiction

noun

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

A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).

(law) A legal fiction.

Roots

fingerefict- · Latin · shape, feign

Synonyms for fiction

nonfictionn fablen fantasyn fabricationn narrativen literaturen figmentn mythos apologuen folktalen

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