as in fantasies
something that is the product of the imagination
most stories about famous outlaws of the Old West are fictions that have little or nothing to do with fact
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Recent Examples of fictions
Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.
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Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026
The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
The curiosity, sensitivity, and imagination of children will always demand new and ambitious fictions.
—Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Fascism spins the greatest fictions of all time—about race, about origins, about past and future glories—and people eat them up.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The fictions of both films are factually contextualized from the start.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Even if negative themes do bring money in, scientists need to be guided by fact, not convenient fictions.
—John L. Gittleman, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
Corporations are legal fictions — a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created, registering with the state.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
But these have always been legal fictions.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026
The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
The curiosity, sensitivity, and imagination of children will always demand new and ambitious fictions.
—Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Fascism spins the greatest fictions of all time—about race, about origins, about past and future glories—and people eat them up.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The fictions of both films are factually contextualized from the start.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Even if negative themes do bring money in, scientists need to be guided by fact, not convenient fictions.
—John L. Gittleman, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
Corporations are legal fictions — a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created, registering with the state.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
But these have always been legal fictions.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictions
Noun
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These fantasies can all skew toward exclusionary extremism on the left and the right.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
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In those pages, Fiedler dared to argue that many of America’s boyish and putatively innocent classics are in fact fantasies of interracial, homosexual romance.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The first book was published the same year as Serial debuted, kicking off our burgeoning obsession with true crime and our tendency to romanticize the male perpetrators while often homogenizing their overwhelmingly female victims into cautionary tales.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
11 June 2026
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Set in Mexico in the late 1800s, the story centers on Francisca, a gifted writer of dark tales and fantastical characters.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Its grandeur, natural beauty, and larger-than-life mythos fuel these narratives, with some of the most sacred stories belonging to those who have resided on the land from time immemorial.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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The food and travel personality explores the people, places and hidden stories behind iconic global destinations.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
Noun
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With telegraph machines and telephones from the 1800s, inventions from Thomas Edison’s company, 20th-century TVs and computers and more, the museum covers how technology in media evolved.—
Zuri Primos
June 3,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
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The Lumen cocktail bar, meanwhile, has an exceptional cocktail menu that runs the gamut from beloved Italian classics to off-the-wall inventions.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The collection spans centuries of storytelling in multiple genres, from migratory fairytales with kings and princesses to legends of ghosts and the Devil to fables with talking animals.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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The Syfy-channel TV show Channel Zero uses some of the best known of these fables as fodder for serialized storytelling.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
Noun
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These longer fibers can be spun into finer, smoother and more durable yarns, securing Egyptian cotton’s place in high-end shirting, bedding, and premium fabrications.—
Kaja Grujic,
Vogue,
4 June 2026
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The 37-year-old former Republican congressman from New York ran for office telling a series of lies and fabrications about his personal life.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That description is essentially true; as a puppet designer and puppeteer, his job entails figuring out how to materialize figments of the imagination.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Boone is relentlessly hounded by figments of his guilty memory, by other ghosts, and by his daughter—all of whom emphasize his nefarious role in delaying action to combat climate change.—
Julius Taranto,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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