1
: not genuine : feigned
2
: of, relating to, or capable of imaginative creation
fictively
adverb
fictiveness
noun
Examples of fictive in a Sentence
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Everyone was invited, but Beyoncé seemed to find personal liberation — stretching the bounds of voice as instrument, experimenting with production — in that fictive communion.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Yet fictive kin are supposed to have a relationship with a child, whereas Ricardo didn’t know the woman.
—Deborah Sontag, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
More obscure is the bronze historical plaque out on the salt flats dedicated to the fictive characters Eddgar and Benn.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
War onscreen, whether fictive or documentary, is often a sort of highlight reel: the excitement and terror of battle, cities in flames, the devastated aftermath.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
One trait, though, might bond them: Both fictive and palpable monsters are hated.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
Again, Eng—who was born in Penang in 1972, of Straits Chinese ancestry—nicely splices the historical record with various fictive weavings.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
Jerry West demanded a retraction and an apology from HBO over the overheated, fictive way he is depicted.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
It’s written in an epistolary style, and I was taken by how the writing itself uses spelling, grammar, punctuation and diction to indicate the rise and loss of the fictive author’s cognitive skills, reflecting the story line.
—New York Times, 4 May 2023
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Yet fictive kin are supposed to have a relationship with a child, whereas Ricardo didn’t know the woman.
—Deborah Sontag, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
More obscure is the bronze historical plaque out on the salt flats dedicated to the fictive characters Eddgar and Benn.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
War onscreen, whether fictive or documentary, is often a sort of highlight reel: the excitement and terror of battle, cities in flames, the devastated aftermath.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
One trait, though, might bond them: Both fictive and palpable monsters are hated.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
Again, Eng—who was born in Penang in 1972, of Straits Chinese ancestry—nicely splices the historical record with various fictive weavings.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
Jerry West demanded a retraction and an apology from HBO over the overheated, fictive way he is depicted.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
It’s written in an epistolary style, and I was taken by how the writing itself uses spelling, grammar, punctuation and diction to indicate the rise and loss of the fictive author’s cognitive skills, reflecting the story line.
—New York Times, 4 May 2023
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“Fictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fictive. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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