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[ fik -tiv ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfɪk tɪv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective fictitious; imaginary.
pertaining to the creation of fiction: fictive inventiveness.
Origin of fictive First recorded in 1485–95; fict(ion) + -ive
OTHER WORDS FROM fictive fic·tive·ly, adverb non·fic·tive, adjective non·fic·tive·ly, adverb
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH fictive fictional, fictitious, fictive Words nearby fictive fictionist, fictionize, fictitious, fictitious force, fictitious person, fictive , ficus, fid, Fid. Def., fiddle, fiddleback
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Example sentences from the Web for fictive My goal (not my achievement, my goal) was to work like Joan Didion in a fictive realm.
The Perils of the Teen | Jill Bialosky| August 17, 2011| DAILY BEAST
If it can be made so much like a work of fiction that the subject sketched serves the purposes of a fictive hero, why then—maybe.
Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre | Voltairine de Cleyre
She made even the true seem fictive , while Miriam's effort was to make the fictive true.
The Tragic Muse | Henry James
Its grossness must be transposed, as it were, to a fictive scale, a scale of fainter tints and generalized signs.
Picture and Text | Henry James
Who knew of Ram-tah's fictive origin, or even of Ram-tah at all?
Bunker Bean | Harry Leon Wilson
Lyon hoped for a letter recounting the fictive sequel; but apparently his brilliant sitter did not operate with the pen.
A London Life; The Patagonia; The Liar; Mrs. Temperly | Henry James
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British Dictionary definitions for fictive adjective of, relating to, or able to create fiction
a rare word for fictitious
Derived forms of fictive fictively , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Words related to fictive fanciful, fictional, imaginary, imagined, invented, made-up, make-believe, pretend, fabricated