fiction

fic·tion  (fkshn)

n.

1.

a. An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented.

b. The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.

2. A lie.

3.

a. A literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.

b. The category of literature comprising works of this kind, including novels and short stories.

4. Law Something untrue that is intentionally represented as true by the narrator.

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[Middle English ficcioun, from Old French fiction, from Latin ficti, fictin-, from fictus, past participle of fingere, to form; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]

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fiction·al adj.

fiction·ali·ty (-sh-nl-t) n.

fiction·al·ly adv.

Word History: To most people "the latest fiction" means the latest novels or stories rather than the most recently invented pretense or latest lie. All three senses of the word fiction point back to its source, Latin ficti, "the action of shaping, a feigning, that which is feigned." Ficti in turn was derived from fingere, "to make by shaping, feign, make up or invent a story or excuse." Our first instance of fiction, recorded in a work composed around 1412, was used in the sense "invention of the mind, that which is imaginatively invented." It is not a far step from this meaning to the sense "imaginative literature," first recorded in 1599.

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fiction [ˈfɪkʃən]

n

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) literary works invented by the imagination, such as novels or short stories

2. an invented story or explanation; lie

3. the act of inventing a story or explanation

4. (Law) Law something assumed to be true for the sake of convenience, though probably false

[from Latin fictiō a fashioning, hence something imaginary, from fingere to shape]

fictional  adj

fictionally  adv

fictioneer , fictionist n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fiction - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact literary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writing dystopia - a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror novel - an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story fantasy, phantasy - fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies" story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" utopia - a work of fiction describing a utopia
	2.	fiction - a deliberately false or improbable account fable, fabrication falsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statement canard - a deliberately misleading fabrication

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fiction

noun

1. tale, story, novel, legend, myth, romance, fable, storytelling, narration, creative writing, work of imagination She is a writer of historical fiction.

2. imagination, fancy, fantasy, creativity a story of truth or fiction

3. lie, fancy, fantasy, invention, improvisation, fabrication, concoction, falsehood, untruth, porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang), urban myth, tall story, urban legend, cock and bull story (informal), figment of the imagination Total recycling is a fiction.

Quotations
"'Tis strange - but true; for truth is always strange;"
"Stranger than fiction" [Lord Byron Don Juan]
"Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer" [Frederic Raphael Contemporary Novelists]
"Literature is a luxury. Fiction is a necessity" [G.K. Chesterton The Defendant]

Translations

fiction [ˈfɪkʃən] N

1. (Literat) → literatura f de ficción, narrativa f
a work of fiction → una obra de ficción

2. (= untruth) → ficción f, invención f

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fiction [ˈfɪkʃ^ən] n

(= literary work) → fiction f
historical fiction → fiction historique
a work of fiction → une œuvre de fiction

(= invention) → fiction f
Total recycling is a fiction → L'idée de tout recycler relève de la fiction.

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fiction

n

no pl (Liter) → Erzähl- or Prosaliteratur f; you’ll find that under fiction → das finden Sie unter Belletristik; work of fiction → Erzählung f; (longer) → Roman m; light fiction → (leichte) Unterhaltungsliteratur; romantic fiction → Liebesromane pl

(= invention) → (freie) Erfindung, Fiktion f; that’s pure fiction → das ist frei erfunden; total recycling is a fiction → das totale Recycling gibt es nicht

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fiction [ˈfɪkʃ/ən] n

a. (Literature) → narrativa
a work of fiction → un'opera di narrativa
light fiction → narrativa leggera

b. (sth made up) → finzione f

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fiction [ˈfɪkʃ/ən] n

a. (Literature) → narrativa
a work of fiction → un'opera di narrativa
light fiction → narrativa leggera

b. (sth made up) → finzione f

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fiction

n fiction [ˈfikʃən]

stories etc which tell of imagined, not real, characters and events (see alsonon-fiction) I prefer reading fiction to hearing about real events. fiksie; verhalende lektuur قصص خَياليه фантастика beletrie skønlitteratur; fiktion die Dichtung μυθοπλασία, μυθιστόρημα ficción ilukirjandus هر چیز تخیلی kaunokirjallisuus roman(s) סִיפּוֹרֶת कल्पना, कथा fikcija regény(irodalom) fiksi skáldskapur romanzo, narrativa 小説 소설, 픽션 grožinė literatūra daiļliteratūra; izdomājums cerita rekaan fictie skjønnlitteratur beletrystyka ficção ficţiune; roman(e) беллетристика beletria leposlovje fikcija dikt, skönlitteratur, romaner บันเทิงคดี hayâl ürünü öykü 小說 художня література افسانہ tiểu thuyết hư cấu 小说

adj fictional

fiktief خيالي въображаем smyšlený fiktiv; opdigtet erdichtet φανταστικός ficticio väljamõeldud تخیلی kuvitteellinen imaginaire בָּדוּי काल्पनिक izmišljen, fiktivan költött, képzelt; regényes khayalan skáldaður, skáldskapar- romanzesco 架空の 허구의, 소설적인 išgalvotas, grožinės literatūros daiļliteratūras-; izdomāts bersifat rekaan roman- skjønnlitterær, oppdiktet beletrystyczny ficcional imaginar беллетристический vymyslený izmišljen fiktivan uppdiktad, skönlitterär เกี่ยวกับบันเทิงคดี hayâlî, düşsel 小說的 вигаданий; белетристичний افسانوی hư cấu 小说的

adj fictitious [fikˈtiʃəs]

1 not true a fictitious account. denkbeeldig; fiktiewe verhaal مُخْتَلَق، غير حَقيقي фалшив fiktivní fiktiv; opdigtet erfunden φανταστικός, μη αληθινός ficticio fiktiivne غیر واقعی keksitty fictif בָּדוּי काल्पनिक, झूठा nepostojeci, lažan alaptalan, fiktív tidak benar skáldaður, ímyndaður fittizio 偽の 거짓의 fiktyvus fiktīvs tidak benar verzonnen oppdiktet, fiktiv, falsk wymyślony fictício născocit, inventat фиктивный fiktívny neresničen izmišljen falsk, fingerad ที่ไม่จริง gerçek olmayan, hayâlî 編造的 фіктивний غیر حقیقی giả 编造的

2 not real or based on fact All the characters in the book are fictitious. fiktief صُوَري، وَهْمي، غير حَقيقي измислен vymyšlený fiktiv; opdigtet erfunden φανταστικός, μη πραγματικός ficticio väljamõeldud خیالی fiktiivinen imaginaire דִמיוֹנִי काल्पनिक fiktivan, izmišljen kitalált, képzeletbeli khayalan skáldaður, ekki raunverulegur immaginario 架空の 가공의 išgalvotas izdomāts; neīsts rekaan fictief oppdiktet, fiktiv fikcyjny fictício fictiv вымышленный vymyslený izmišljen izmišljen uppdiktad ที่ไม่ได้ตั้งอยู่บนความเป็นจริง gerçek olmayan, hayâlî 虛構的 вигаданий خیالی hư cấu 虚构的

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fiction → قصة خيالية fikce fiktion Belletristik πεζογραφία ficción kaunokirjallisuus fiction fikcija romanzo フィクション 소설 verzinsel fiksjon fikcja ficção выдумка skönlitteratur นวนิยาย kurgu truyện tiểu thuyết 小说