as in illusory
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of fictive
The history bestows legitimacy, which is destabilized because so much of the history is fictive.
—
Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Populism ignores very real and differentiated social problems and cuts across them with a fictive target, a target that simultaneously satisfies all, and none, of these problems.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
The curator, Reid Byers, presents 100 books — unfinished, fictive (books existing in other novels and dramas) and lost — painstakingly created and recreated.
—New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
So being connected, even this fictive version of reading the New York Times every day, that was part of that.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for fictive
Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Populism ignores very real and differentiated social problems and cuts across them with a fictive target, a target that simultaneously satisfies all, and none, of these problems.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
The curator, Reid Byers, presents 100 books — unfinished, fictive (books existing in other novels and dramas) and lost — painstakingly created and recreated.
—New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
So being connected, even this fictive version of reading the New York Times every day, that was part of that.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for fictive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictive
Adjective
-
Elegant yet illusory, the pearls become armor for a woman determined to turn artifice into art.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
-
Man, woman, dog—their illusory life was over.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
-
The Land of Spooks is a phantasmagorical blend of twisting gothic spires, impossible land formations, and disconcerting expressionist proportions.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
4 Nov. 2025
-
As the two keepers' accelerating madness batters their already uneasy relationship, the film becomes a phantasmagorical endurance test, with the two antagonistic leads hurling themselves against their tight confinement.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
-
Its dreamlike visuals are the main event, as scene after scene of this film kaleidoscopically portrays its characters sliding in and out of the real and hallucinatory worlds.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
-
Sam Levinson’s hallucinatory high school drama Euphoria was renewed for a third season back in 2022, though its future remained uncertain for some time.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
-
This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
-
To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
Adjective
-
Trust in companies claiming to prioritize safety, and even in the tribal government, is virtually nonexistent due to past harms that remain unaddressed.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
11 Nov. 2025
-
The gap in how local artists think and express themselves compared to their Western counterparts has never been so short — or practically nonexistent.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
-
The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, brings claims for deceptive practices and false advertising, among others.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
-
The complaints allow the public to report unfair or deceptive business practices, according to the agency’s website, and can prompt investigations from the office.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
-
Spare me the feigned outrage, Feeny.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
-
There’s no feigned seriousness, no proclamations of honesty.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
-
Is Lee Raybon a righteous crusader for truth and justice or a dangerously delusional white savior?—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
-
She has been called a bad mom, delusional and desperate for attention.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Fictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictive. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share