Nonfiction
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 prose writing that is not fictional wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Tom doesn't often read nonfiction."
Etymology
From non- + fiction.
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