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fiction
- 1) noun, literary works invented by the imagination, such as novels or short stories
- 2) noun, an invented story or explanation; lie
- 3) noun, the act of inventing a story or explanation
- 4) noun, law something assumed to be true for the sake of convenience, though probably false
Etymology
C14: from Latin fictiō a fashioning, hence something imaginary, from fingere to shape
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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romance, fancy, fancy, imagination, tale, story, novel, legend, myth, fable, storyteller, narration, fantasy, lie, fantasy, invention, improvisation, fabricate, concoction, falsehood, untruth, porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang), urban myth