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fictional

fic·tio·nal

UK/ˈfɪkʃənəl/ US/ˈfɪkʃʌnʌl/ uncommon

adjective

1.

related to or involving literary fiction

  • “clever fictional devices”
  • “a fictional treatment of the train robbery”
Antonyms
2.

formed or conceived by the imagination

  • “a fabricated excuse for his absence”
  • “a fancied wrong”
  • “a fictional character”
  • “used fictitious names”
  • “a made-up story”

Origin

From fiction + -al.

Phrases

  • fictional documentary
  • fictional other
  • science fictional

Related words

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