(~s)
1.
Fiction refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people or events.
Immigrant tales have always been popular themes in ~...
Diana is a writer of historical ~.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
see also science ~
2.
A statement or account that is ~ is not true.
The truth or ~ of this story has never been truly determined.
? truth, fact
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If something is a ~, it is not true, although people sometimes pretend that it is true.
The idea that the United States could harmoniously accommodate all was a ~.
? fact
N-COUNT