Fiction

/ˈfɪkʃən/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
2. A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
3. (law) A legal fiction.

Example Sentences

I am a great reader of fiction.

the fiction section of the library

The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.

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

separate the fact from the fiction

[…] in view of the facts—and some fictions—recently circulated in this country about the general performance of high-powered diesel-hydraulics of B.R., […].

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