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FICTION - 1 definition found
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) fiction noun Etymology: Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign — more at dough Date: 14th century 1. a. something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically an invented story b. fictitious literature (as novels or short stories) c. a work of fiction; especially novel 2. a. an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth <a legal fiction> b. a useful illusion or pretense 3. the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination • fictional adjective • fictionality noun • fictionally adverb |
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