Main Entry:

fic·tion

Pronunciation:

\ˈfik-shən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign — more at dough

Date:

14th century

1 a: something invented by the imagination or feigned ; specifically : an invented story b: fictitious literature (as novels or short stories) c: a work of fiction ; especially : novel2 a: an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth <a legal fiction> b: a useful illusion or pretense3: the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination

— fic·tion·al \-shnəl, -shə-n^əl\ adjective

— fic·tion·al·i·ty \ˌfik-shə-ˈna-lə-tē\ noun

— fic·tion·al·ly \ˈfik-shnə-lē, -shə-n^əl-ē\ adverb