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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fic•tion /ˈfɪkʃən/USA pronunciation n. - Literature literature that includes novels or short stories of events that are imagined:[uncountable]I like to read fiction.
- something invented or imagined, esp. a made-up story:[countable* usually singular]That story about her rich grandmother was just a fiction.
fic•tion•al, adj. See -fic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fic•tion (fik′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Literaturethe class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, esp. in prose form.
- Literatureworks of this class, as novels or short stories:detective fiction.
- something feigned, invented, or imagined;
a made-up story:We've all heard the fiction of her being in delicate health. - the act of feigning, inventing, or imagining.
- an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation.
- Lawan allegation that a fact exists that is known not to exist, made by authority of law to bring a case within the operation of a rule of law.
- Latin fictiōn- (stem of fictiō) a shaping, hence a feigning, fiction, equivalent. to fict(us) molded (past participle of fingere) + -iōn- -ion
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fable, fantasy. Fiction, fabrication, figment suggest a story that is without basis in reality. Fiction suggests a story invented and fashioned either to entertain or to deceive:clever fiction; pure fiction.Fabrication applies particularly to a false but carefully invented statement or series of statements, in which some truth is sometimes interwoven, the whole usually intended to deceive:fabrications to lure speculators.Figment applies to a tale, idea, or statement often made up to explain, justify, or glorify oneself:His rich uncle was a figment of his imagination.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fact.
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