n.
Pronunciation: ' fik-sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign ― more at DOUGH
Date: 14th century
1 a : something invented by the imagination or feigned specifically : an invented story b : fictitious literature (as novels or short stories) c : a work of fiction especially : NOVEL
2 a : an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth <a legal fiction > b : a useful illusion or pretense
3 : the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination
– fic · tion · al \ -shn ə l, -sh ə -n ə l \ adjective
– fic · tion · al · i · ty \ ˌ fik-sh ə - ' na-l ə -t ē \ noun
– fic · tion · al · ly \ ' fik-shn ə -l ē , -sh ə -n ə l- ē \ adverb