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   fiction

   /ˈfɪkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people. Similar novelsstoriescreative writingimaginative writingworks of the imaginationprose literaturenarrationstory tellingromancefableOpposite non-fiction
   • 2. something that is invented or untrue: "they were supposed to be keeping up the fiction that they were happily married" Similar fabricationinventionliesfibsconcoctiontrumped-up storyfake newsalternative factuntruthfalsehoodfantasyfancyillusionshamnonsensevulgar slang:bullshitbulldustOpposite facttruth
   • ▪ a belief or statement that is false but is often held to be true because it is expedient to do so: "the notion of the country being a democracy is a polite fiction"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘invented statement’): via Old French from Latin fictio(n-), from fingere ‘form, contrive’. Compare with feign and figment.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fictionist noun

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   What does fiction mean?

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   What is fiction based on?

   • More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games .

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   What does fictus mean?

   • The Latin word fictus means “to form,” which seems like a good source for the English word fiction, since fiction is formed in the imagination. Like its literary cousins fable, legend, and myth, however, fiction has a slightly darker additional meaning: a deliberate lie or untruth.

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   Is the book a work of fiction?

   • work of fiction The book is a work of fiction and not intended as a historical account. [ + that ] At work she kept up the fiction that she had a university degree. When he's telling you something, you never know what's fact and what's fiction. This is the acclaimed historian John Taylor's first sortie into fiction.

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   fiction: [noun] fictitious literature (such as novels or short stories).

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   4 meanings: 1. literary works invented by the imagination, such as novels or short stories 2. an invented story or explanation;.... Click for more definitions.

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   A fiction is a deliberately fabricated account of something. It can also be a literary work based on imagination rather than on fact, like a novel or short story.

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    Fiction writing is the process by which an author or creator produces a fictional work. Some elements of the writing process may be planned in advance, while others may come about spontaneously. Fiction writers use different writing styles and have distinct writers' voices when writing fictional stories.