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fic·tion [ fíksh'n ] (plural fic·tions)

noun

Definition:

1. literary works of imagination: novels and stories that describe imaginary people and events

2. work of fiction: a novel, story, or other work of fiction

3. untrue statement: something that is untrue and has been made up to deceive people

The account she gave was pure fiction.

4. pretense: the act of pretending or inventing something

the fiction that their marriage had become

5. law something assumed to be true: something that is assumed in law to be true regardless of whether or not it is true

[14th century. Via Old French < Latin fiction-< fingere "to make, shape"]

fic·tion·al adjective

Word History


	The Latin word fingere "to make, shape," from which fiction is derived, is also the source of English effigy, feign, figment, and figure.