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1. (n.) fiction
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, esp. in prose form.
2. fiction
works of this class, as novels or short stories.
3. fiction
something feigned, invented, or imagined, esp. a made-up story.
4. fiction
the act of feigning, inventing, or imagining.
5. fiction
an assumption that a fact exists, regardless of the truth of the matter, so that a legal principle can be applied on the basis of the existing facts.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < L fictiō action of shaping, feigning, fiction, der. of fingere to shape)
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| Definition of 'fiction' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fiction
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
2. (noun) fabrication, fiction, fable
a deliberately false or improbable account
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1. (noun) fiction
stories with an imagined plot
novels and other types of fiction; a children's fiction writer
2. fiction
an untrue report or account
His story of what happened was pure fiction.
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| Definition of 'fiction' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) fiction
the act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind
2. (noun) fiction
that which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; -- opposed to fact, or reality
3. (noun) fiction
fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances
4. (noun) fiction
an assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth
5. (noun) fiction
any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue
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Sense: stories etc which tell of imagined, not real, characters and events (see alsonon-fiction)
I prefer reading fiction to hearing about real events.
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 Afrikaans: fiksie; verhalende lektuu |
 Arabic: قصص خَياليه |
 Bulgarian: фантастика |
 Brazilian: ficção |
 Czech: beletrie |
 German: die Dichtung |
 Danish: skønlitteratur; fiktion |
 Greek: μυθοπλασία, μυθιστόρημα |
 Spanish: ficción |
 Estonian: ilukirjandus |
 Farsi: هر چیز تخیلی |
 Finnish: kaunokirjallisuus |
 French: roman(s) |
 Hebrew: סִיפּוֹרֶת |
 Hindi: कल्पना, कथा |
 Croatian: fikcija |
 Hungarian: regény(irodalom) |
 Indonesian: fiksi |
 Icelandic: skáldskapur |
 Italian: romanzo, narrativa |
 Japanese: 小説 |
 Korean: 소설, 픽션 |
 Lithuanian: grožinė literatūra |
 Latvian: daiļliteratūra; izdomājum |
 Malay: cerita rekaan |
 Dutch: fictie |
 Norwegian: skjønnlitteratur |
 Polish: beletrystyka |
 Persian: هر چیز تخیلی |
 Pashto: خيالى كيسه، نكل، افسانه |
 Portuguese: ficção |
 Romanian: ficţiune; roman(e) |
 Russian: беллетристика |
 Slovak: beletria |
 Slovenian: leposlovje |
 Serbian: fikcija |
 Swedish: dikt, skönlitteratur, rom |
 Thai: บันเทิงคดี |
 Turkish: hayâl ürünü öykü |
 Taiwanese: 虛構小說 |
 Ukrainian: художня література |
 Urdu: افسانہ |
 Vietnamese: tiểu thuyết hư cấu |
 Chinese: 小说 |
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