■ 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
~al adjective
~ality noun
~alization or ~alisation noun
~alize or ~alise verb
~ally adverb
~ist noun
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. fictio(n-) , from fingere 'form, contrive'; cf. feign and figment .