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Fictive
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- 1 Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
"Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States."
- 2 Resulting from imaginative creation: fanciful or invented.
- 3 Being feigned, ingenuine or unreal.
- 1 capable of imaginative creation wordnet
- 2 adopted in order to deceive wordnet
- 1 A headmate who is in some way a character from a fictional work, whether in inspiration, form, or identity. Originally popularized with soulbonds, and also used for fictional introjects and dissociative identity disorder. Internet
"1999, " Who ARE these people/things?" (FAQ from website "Subreality Central") https://web.archive.org/web/19990830153823/http://www.subreality.com/sc.htm the fictives -- These are the characters from the stories for whom the Cafe was created, and thus are the most common barflies there. If you watched "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," you might get an idea of what fictives are like "off duty." They're like cartoon characters; they can't really die, it only looks that way in stories, but it can sure tick them off! The only thing a fictive truly fears is his/her writer and readers giving up on their story, thus letting them fade away into non-existence again. Note that while some fictives get along with their writers, some don't..."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French fictif.
Borrowed from Middle French fictif.
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