NONFACTUAL Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

nonfactual

adjective

Definition of nonfactual

as in fictional

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Recent Examples of nonfactual The Erik Wemple Blog asked the Times for another example of an editor’s note apologizing for nonfactual issues. — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022 Yankovic, who wrote the film with its director Eric Appel, noted that the intention is to be satirical and nonfactual. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 And many of my mainstream-media colleagues can accept the majority of accountability for this tragic development through biased, nonfactual and incomplete reporting that has pretty much degenerated into talking heads venting their specific agendas. — Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2020

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Adjective

It is set in Mano Majra, a fictional village on the new frontier between India and Pakistan, where Sikh and Muslim families have lived together peacefully for generations.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Joanne Miller is a fictional agent who in the film leads the manhunt for the adult Ted and uses the words in the Unabomber’s manifesto to track him down.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of fictional

Adjective

This technique, known as speculative execution, helps computers run more efficiently.

— Chetan Jaiswal, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Defensive standout Micah Parsons (+1600) seeks to refocus post-injury, while Aaron Donald (+850) is a speculative entry, with rumors of a potential return from retirement.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of speculative

Adjective

But the samurai genre already presupposes a fictitious otherworldly place, and everyday normalcy simply doesn’t exist there, Kurosawa said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Here are three fictitious, but realistic, examples that reflect how different promotions may work.

— Louis DeNicola, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of fictitious

Adjective

In the 21st century, however, historians mistook the code word for a code name and gave the pretexts their unhistorical handle.

— Ken Hughes, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2025
Saying that ending our 43-year involvement [with] the EU is somehow going to fundamentally change this deep relationship between our two countries is completely unhistorical.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2016

Definition of unhistorical

Adjective

Rather than building around a hypothetical future audience, the company is organizing part of an existing global market that sponsors, hospitality companies, travel operators and consumer brands are already trying to reach, and to understand.

— Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
No society in human history has produced that form of equality, and holding a country up against a hypothetical utopia is a ridiculous standard that no society could ever reach.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of hypothetical

Adjective

Set in New York City during the Gilded Age, The Witch of Wall Street is a fictionalized account of the life of Hetty Green, the city’s richest woman at the time.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
The series follows a fictionalized version of the Westies, a small Irish-American gang in the mid- to late-20th century whose ruthlessness and brutality gave them an outsized reputation.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 July 2026

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