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Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.countableuncountable
- I am a great reader of fiction.
- the fiction section of the library
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A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead); an untrue belief.countableuncountable
- The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.
- The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction.
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A legal fiction.countableuncountable
syn. fabrication · figment
ant. documentary · fact · non-fiction · truth