fictitious (redirected from fictitiousness)

fic·ti·tious  (fk-tshs)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characterized by fiction; imaginary.

2.

a. Accepted or assumed for the sake of convention: a fictitious belief.

b. Adopted or assumed in order to deceive: a fictitious name.

3. Not genuinely believed or felt; sham: greeted me with a fictitious enthusiasm.

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[From Latin fictcius, from fictus, past participle of fingere, to form; see fiction.]

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fic·titious·ly adv.

fic·titious·ness n.

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fictitious [fɪkˈtɪʃəs]

adj

1. not genuine or authentic; assumed; false to give a fictitious address

2. of, related to, or characteristic of fiction; created by the imagination

fictitiously  adv

fictitiousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fictitious - formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character" fabricated, fancied, fictional unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
	2.	fictitious - adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" fictive, pretended, put on, sham, assumed, false counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

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fictitious

adjective

1. false, made-up, bogus, untrue, non-existent, fabricated, counterfeit, feigned, spurious, apocryphal a source of fictitious rumours
false real, true, actual, genuine, legitimate, authentic, truthful, veritable, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), veracious

2. imaginary, imagined, made-up, assumed, invented, artificial, improvised, mythical, unreal, fanciful, make-believe Persons portrayed in this production are fictitious.

Translations

fictitious [fɪkˈtɪʃəs] ADJ

1. = fictional

2. (= false) → falso

fictitious [fɪkˈtɪʃəs] adj

(= invented) [character, event] → fictif/ive, imaginaire

(= untrue) → faux*(fausse)

fictitious

adj

(= false, nonexistent) name, address → falsch; loan, case → fingiert; the job in the advertisement turned out to be fictitious → es stellte sich heraus, dass es die ausgeschriebene Stelle gar nicht gab

(Liter: = imaginary) character, setting, story, event → erfunden; all characters in this film are (entirely) fictitious → alle Gestalten in diesem Film sind (frei) erfunden

fictitious [fɪkˈtɪʃəs] adj

a. = fictional

b. (false) → falso/a, fittizio/a

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fictitious [fɪkˈtɪʃəs] adj

a. = fictional

b. (false) → falso/a, fittizio/a