FICTION

[noun] - the type of book or story which is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people and facts, or a false report or statement which you pretend is trueThe author insists that the book is a work of fiction and not intended as a historical account. [U]Roald Dahl was an extremely successful writer of children's fiction. [U]At work she managed to keep up the fiction (= false report) that she had a university degree. [C + that clause]All these promising statistics that the government puts out are complete fictions (= false statements). [C]You never really know what's fact and what's fiction (= false) when he tells you something. [U]