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nonfiction

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. nonfiction (noun)
  2. nonfiction novel (noun)

non·fic·tion

noun \-ˈfik-shən\

Definition of NONFICTION

: literature or cinema that is not fictional
— non·fic·tion·al \ˌnän-ˈfik-shnəl, -shə-nəl\ adjective
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Examples of NONFICTION

  1. He reads a lot of nonfiction.

First Known Use of NONFICTION

1909

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with NONFICTION

addiction, affliction, confliction, constriction, conviction, depiction, eviction, indiction, infliction, prediction, reliction, restriction, transfixion

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