fiction
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
fictions
plural
fictions
Britannica Dictionary definition of FICTION
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:
written stories about people and events that are not real
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literature that tells stories which are imagined by the writer
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compare nonfiction;
see also science fiction
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She mainly writes fiction.
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great works of fiction
2
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something that is not true
[noncount]
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His explanation of what happened was pure fiction. [=was completely untrue]
[count]
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She believes the fiction that crime rates are up.
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a fictional character/place
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She wrote a fictional account of a family living during the war.
