Nonfiction

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively. countable, uncountable

    "Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section."

  2. 2
    prose writing that is not fictional wordnet

Example

More examples

"Tom doesn't often read nonfiction."

Etymology

From non- + fiction.

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