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Fictional

//ˈfɪkʃənəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Invented, as opposed to real.

    "Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters."

  2. 2
    Containing invented elements.

    "The Simpsons is a fictional television show."

  3. 3
    Occurring in fiction.

    "Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    formed or conceived by the imagination wordnet
  2. 2
    related to or involving literary fiction wordnet

Etymology

From fiction + -al.

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