Reading science fiction sometimes does much to encourage a scientific view of the universe.
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Fiction
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
Synonyms for "fiction" (195 found)
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adventure storyallegoryanecdoteapologueapparitionappearancearticleautographbedtime storyblaguebrainchildbubblecanardchimeracock-and-bull storycompositioncomputer printoutconcoctioncopydelirium
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detective storydocumentdraftdraughtdraughtsmandraughtyedited versioneidolonengrossmentessayexaggerationextravaganzafable
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Noun(11 words)
fabliaufabricationfair copyfairy talefalsehoodfalsityfancyfantasquefantasyfarfetched storyfarragofibfigmentfigment of the imaginationfinal draftfinished versionfirst draftfish storyflamflimflam
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flimsyfolk storyfolktaleforgerygestghost storyhalf truthhalf-truthhallucinationholographhorse operaidle fancyillusionimageryimaginationimagininginsubstantial imageinventionlegal fictionlegendletterlieliterae scriptaeliterary artefactliterary productionliteraturelittle white lielove story
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lucubrationmaggotmake believemake-believemanuscriptmarchenmattermendacitymisrepresentationmsmysterymystery storymythmythologymythosnarrativenonfictionnursery taleopusoriginal
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paperparableparchmentpenscriptphantasmphantompiecepiece of writingpious fictionplaypoempretenceprevaricationprinted matterprintoutproductionreading matterrecensionromancesci fiscience fictionscreedscripscriptscrivescrollsecond draftshockersick fancyslight stretchingspace fictionspace operastorystretch of the imaginationsuspense storytaletall storytall taletaradiddlethe written wordthick-coming fanciesthrillertranscripttranscriptiontriptrumped-up storytypescriptuntruthvaporversionvisionwesternwestern storywesternerwhimwhimsywhite liewhodunitwildest dreamwildest dreamsworkwork of fictionwritingyarn
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6 entriesfiction genrefiction writingfictional characterfictional worldshort fictionworks of fiction
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16 total sentences available.
Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction.
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The fiction reduced girls to tears.
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The news is fiction.
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