fiction
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fiction/ˈfɪkʃn/
▶noun
- 1 prose literature, especially novels, describing imaginary events and people.
- 2 a thing that is invented or untrue.
■ a false belief or statement, accepted as true because it is expedient to do so.
– derivatives
fictional adjective,
fictionality noun,
fictionalization (or fictionalisation) noun,
fictionalize (or fictionalise) verb,
fictionally adverb,
fictionist noun.
fictional adjective,
fictionality noun,
fictionalization (or fictionalisation) noun,
fictionalize (or fictionalise) verb,
fictionally adverb,
fictionist noun.
'fiction' also found in these Oxford entries:
android
- anime
- chapbook
- cyberpunk
- droid
- earthling
- ectogenesis
- fable
- faction
- fanboy
- fan fiction
- fantasy
- feign
- feuilleton
- fictitious
- figment
- force field
- future history
- gothic novel
- hard-boiled
- humanoid
- hyperdrive
- hyperspace
- kryptonite
- legal fiction
- manga
- metafiction
- noir
- non-fiction
- phaser
- picaresque
- plasteel
- poem
- propeller-head
- psychotronic
- ray gun
- replicant
- scene
- science fiction
- scientifiction
- sci-fi
- SF
- shape-shifter
- starship
- subspace
- teleport
- terraform
- time machine
- time travel
