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 : novel
2 a : an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth <a legal fiction> b : a useful illusion or pretense
3 : 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