Look up: fiction

1. fiction
   [n] - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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2. fiction
   In literature, any work in which the content is completely or largely invented. The term describes imaginative works of narrative prose (such as the novel or the short story), and is distinguished...
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3. Fiction
   text which is invented by a writer or speaker. Characters, settings and events are created by the originator. In some cases, one of these elements may be factual: for example, the setting may be a named city or area; the text may be based on an historical event.
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4. Fiction
   Fic'tion noun [ French fiction , Latin fictio , from fingere , fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign .] 1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. ...
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5. fiction
   1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. ... 2. 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. 'The fiction...
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6. fiction
   noun a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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7. Fiction
   • (n.) Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances. • (n.) Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue. • (n.) The act of feigning, inven...
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8. fiction
   literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation. Types of literature in the ... [2 related articles]
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9. fiction
   fiction Etymology: 'something invented', from Latin fictionem (nominative case, fictio), 'a fashioning' or 'feigning'; from fingere, 'to shape, to form, to devise, to feign', originally 'to knead, to form out of clay'.
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10. fiction
    Anything that has nothing to do with reality; based on the imagination of an author / authoress. Contrast: non-fiction
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11. fiction
    fiction: see novel; short story.
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12. Fiction
    Whenever a symbol, as part of an utterance, occurs in such a context that the truth of any utterance of the same form would normally guarantee the existence of an individual denoted by that symbol, whereas in the case considered no such implication holds, the symbol may be said to occur fictitiously...
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13. fiction
    In literature, any work in which the content is completely or largely invented. The term describes imaginative works of narrative prose (such as the novel or the short story), and is distinguished from non-fiction writing (such as history, biography, or works on practical subjects) and from poetry. Fiction need not be only prose literature;...
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14. Fiction
    (Yuki Kajiura album) Name = Fiction| Type = Album | Artist = Yuki Kajiura | Cover = | Background = | Released = August 6, 2003 | Recorded = Sound Valley Tokyo<br>Clinton Studio NewYork New York | Genre = Soundtrack / Pop / Japan--> Victor Entertainment<br /> Pioneer Entertainment (USA) ...
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15. Fiction
    (Dark Tranquillity album) | Upper caption = Alternative cover | Type = studio | Cover = Dark tranquility fiction album.jpg | Lower caption = Reissue --> --> `Fiction` is the eighth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band, Dark Tranquillity. The earliest release date for t...
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16. Fiction
    `Fiction` is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary&mdash;that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical, c...
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