FICTION


Meaning of FICTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfik-shən ]

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 -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective

• fic·tion·al·i·ty ˌfik-shə-ˈna-lə-tē noun

• fic·tion·al·ly ˈfik-shnə-lē, -shə-n ə l-ē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.