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fictional

  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪkʃənəl/

invented, as opposed to real.

Example

“Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters.”

Other meanings

  1. Containing invented elements.

    “The Simpsons is a fictional television show.”

  2. Occurring in fiction.

Related words

  • autobiografictional
  • autofictional
  • bifictional
  • fictional documentary
  • fictionalisation
  • fictionalism
  • fictionalist
  • fictionality
  • fictionally
  • hyperfictional
  • metafictional
  • nonfictional

Example sentences

  • “The story I'm about to tell is completely fictional.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fictional” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.