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   fictitious

   /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. not real or true; imaginary or fabricated: "reports of a deal were dismissed as fictitious by the Minister" Similar falsefakecounterfeitfabricatedshamuntruebogusspuriousassumedaffectedadoptedfeignedinventedmade upconcoctedimprovisedinformal:pretendphoneyinformal, dated:codOpposite genuine
   • 2. occurring in or invented for fiction. Similar fictionalimaginaryimaginedinventedmade upmake-believeunrealnon-existentmythicalstorybookapocryphalfabricatedconcocteddevisedthe product of someone's imaginationa figment of someone's imaginationOpposite factual

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin ficticius (from fingere ‘contrive, form’) + -ous (see also -itious2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. fictitiously adverb
   • 2. fictitiousness noun

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   What is fictitious adjective?

   • Definition of fictitious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary invented by somebody rather than true All the places and characters in my novel are fictitious (= they do not exist in real life). The account he gives of his childhood is fictitious. Police said the name John Haydon was fictitious, but the address given was genuine.

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   What is the difference between fictive and fictitious?

   • Fictive is a much less commonly used word that means imaginary or relating to or capable of creating fiction, as in a fictive imagination. Confusingly, their meanings can overlap— fictitious can sometimes mean the same thing as fictional, and fictive can sometimes mean the same thing as fictitious.

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   What is a fictitious person?

   • n. a real human being, as distinguished from a corporation which is often treated at law as a fictitious person. Copyright © 1981-2005 by Gerald N. Hill and Kathleen T. Hill. All Right reserved. a human being, as opposed to an artificial or legal person like a company. Want to thank TFD for its existence?

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   What is the difference between fictional and fictitious?

   • Fictitious is most commonly used in the context of things that are made up to conceal something or deceive someone in real life, whereas fictional is almost always applied to stories and characters that are part of creative works, like books and movies. Fictitious can usually be replaced with the word fake —this is not the case for fictional.

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   Fictitious means invented and not true or not existing. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, synonyms, and translations.

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     fictitious definicja: 1. invented and not true or not...

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     invented and not true or not existing: He dismissed recent...

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   Fictitious means of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary. Learn the synonyms, antonyms, etymology, and examples of fictitious from the online dictionary of Merriam-Webster.

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   Fictitious definition: created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false. See examples of FICTITIOUS used in a sentence.

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   Fictitious means invented and not true or not existing. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as business, literature, or comedy, with synonyms and examples from Cambridge Dictionary.

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   lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria. adjective. adopted in order to deceive. “a fictitious address”. synonyms: assumed, false, fictive, pretended, put on, sham. counterfeit, imitative. not genuine; imitating something superior.

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   adjective. /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ invented by somebody rather than true. All the places and characters in my novel are fictitious (= they do not exist in real life). The account he gives of his childhood is fictitious. Police said the name John Haydon was fictitious, but the address given was genuine. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.

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    Fictitious means false or not real, or created by the imagination. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, with synonyms and examples from Collins Dictionary.