FICTIVE Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

fictive

adjective

Definition of fictive

as in illusory

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Recent Examples of fictive Another, almost entirely fictive identity would afford him freedom and adulation. — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026 By creating space for these histories in her fictive realm, Pritam strove to remember those on the periphery. — JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for fictive

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Adjective

Until there is agreement on which share count and which components of enterprise value belong in these calculations, comparability across companies is illusory, and the sector now includes well over a hundred public issuers of very different sizes.

— Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Instead, Brew believes an ultimate compromise would mean Iran making an illusory comparison to the Strait of Malacca where there is a smaller, voluntary fee system for services rendered and maintenance.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of illusory

Adjective

Over the course of one phantasmagoric evening, Robin witnesses events that prefigure the Revolutionary War.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Right around that time, the Venice Film Festival saw Mamoru Hosoda’s anime epic Scarlet, in which the Danish prince became an ass-kicking Danish princess consigned to a hellish and phantasmagoric underworld.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of phantasmagoric

Adjective

That wouldn’t have left time for the psychotic, hallucinatory state to begin and for the voices in Clancy’s head to kick in and tell her to kill the children and carry out the suicide attempt, as the defense team has contended, Sprague said.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026
For Prosper Insights & Analytics Both executives and employees listed the top two concerns being the need for human oversight and inaccurate or hallucinatory outputs.

— Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hallucinatory

Adjective

The middle stretch has a concocted outdoor chase sequence that feels like a clumsy campground slasher.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
On the eve of our nation’s Independence Day, Americans should be deeply concerned by the misuse of government power against an ordinary citizen based on a concocted narrative.

— Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of concocted

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

Definition of delusive

Adjective

Attorneys for State Farm apologized to a court for submitting legal briefings rife with artificial intelligence hallucinations and nonexistent case law, the latest example of lawyers bolstering their arguments with precedents made up by a chatbot.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
And cases of enforcement against districts for starting early are rare to nonexistent.

— Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of nonexistent

Adjective

Meta will be subject to an injunction prohibiting it from making further false, misleading, or deceptive statements around its safety features.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
The agency has said deceptive or unfair data practices can violate existing consumer protection laws.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of deceptive

Adjective

This demonstrates genuine curiosity and a commitment to learning, fostering trust more effectively than feigned expertise.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
During her feigned pregnancy, Stephanie Ott, one of Griffin’s friends who had grown suspicious of Parker, called the clinic to ask about her.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026

Definition of feigned

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