Definitions for fiction
ˈfɪk ʃənfic·tion

Princeton's WordNet(4.45 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fictionnoun

   a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

2. fabrication, fiction, fablenoun

   a deliberately false or improbable account

Wiktionary(3.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fictionnoun

   Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

2. fictionnoun

   Invention.

   The butler's account of the crime was pure fiction.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fictionnoun

   Etymology: fictio, Latin; fiction, French.

   1. The act of feigning or inventing.

   If the presence of God in the image, by a mere fiction of the mind, be a sufficient ground to worship that image, is not God’s real presence in every creature a far better ground to worship it? Edward Stillingfleet.

   Fiction is of the essence of poetry, as well as of painting: there is a resemblance in one of human bodies, things, and actions, which are not real; and in the other of a true story by a fiction. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   2. The thing feigned or invented.

   If through mine ears pierce any consolations,
   By wise discourse, sweet tunes, or poets fictions;
   If ought I cease these hideous exclamations,
   While that my soul, she, she lives in affliction. Philip Sidney.

   So also was the fiction of those golden apples kept by a dragon, taken from the serpent, which tempted Evah. Walter Raleigh.

   3. A falsehood; a lye.

Wikipedia(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Fiction

   Fiction generally is a narrative form, in any medium, consisting of people, events, or places that are imaginary—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact. It also commonly refers, more narrowly, to written narratives in prose and often specifically novels. In film, it generally corresponds to narrative film in opposition to documentary.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fictionnoun

   the act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind

2. Fictionnoun

   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. Fictionnoun

   fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances

4. Fictionnoun

   an assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth

5. Fictionnoun

   any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue

Freebase(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Fiction

   Fiction is the form of any work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and theoretical—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical, cinematic, or musical work. Fiction contrasts with non-fiction, which deals exclusively with factual events, descriptions, observations, etc..

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fiction

   fik′shun, n. a feigned or false story: a falsehood: romance: the novel, story-telling as a branch of literature: a supposition of law that a thing is true, which is either certainly not true, or at least is as probably false as true.—adj. Fic′tional.—n. Fic′tionist, a writer of fiction.—adj. Ficti′tious, imaginary: not real: forged.—adv. Ficti′tiously.—adj. Fic′tive, fictitious, imaginative.—n. Fic′tor, one who makes images of clay, &c. [Fr.,—L. fiction-em—fictus, pa.p. of fingĕre.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. FICTION

   The Constitutional fiat that "all men are created equal."

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1. fiction

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Matched Categories

1. • Falsehood
   • Literary Composition

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fiction' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4544

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fiction' in Nouns Frequency: #1778

How to pronounce fiction?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say fiction in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fiction in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fiction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fiction in a Sentence

1. Garrett Reisman:

   To see NASA step up and say,' We should have trusted SpaceX more' — If you would have played that clip about eight years ago, I would have been flabbergasted, it would have been pure science fiction.

2. Franklin P. Adams:

   The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.

3. Charles El Mir:

   It may sound like science fiction but a great deal of research considers asteroid collisions, for example, if there's an asteroid coming at earth, are we better off breaking it into small pieces, or nudging it to go a different direction ? And if the latter, how much force should we hit it with to move it away without causing it to break ?

4. Tony Martinez:

   What we have is a crisis that's been manufactured through words and it's totally fiction.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   Attempting to erase the line between fact and fiction, truth and reality is a core feature of authoritarianism.

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