noun
fiction
FIHK-shuhn
noun
1
Writing about imaginary people and events, rather than real ones.
"She writes historical fiction set in Victorian London."
"The novel blends fact and fiction so seamlessly it's hard to tell them apart."
2
A statement or claim that is untrue, sometimes meant to mislead.
"His alibi turned out to be pure fiction."
How to Use Fiction
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMade-up stories, or more broadly, anything untrue presented as if it were fact.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
works of fiction
science fiction
a legal fiction
Word Forms
fictions plural
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Etymology
From Old French ficcion, from Latin fictiō ("a shaping, invention"), from fingō ("to form, feign").