Fictitious

Quick meaning: Fictitious is an adjective meaning Invented; contrived.

Meaning

Invented; contrived.

Example Sentences

It is there in Trump’s decision to grant asylum to white South Africans because of a fictitious “white genocide” said to be taking place in their country.

Here we demonstrate that the explanation for this arises from subtle end-of-packet and wavetrain gradient effects such as microbreaking events and wave-flow decomposition subtleties required to conserve mass and momentum and avoid fictitious external forces.

Word Forms

• ficticious
• fictious

Synonyms for fictitious

Depending on context, synonyms include imaginary, invented, contrived, fictive, sham, counterfeit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include made-up, invented, fabricated, fictional, fictive, fancied.

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