fiction

UK /ˈfɪk.ʃən/ US /ˈfɪk.ʃən/

noun 3

Definitions

noun

Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

I am a great reader of fiction.

the fiction section of the library

A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).

The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.

The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction.

A legal fiction.

Collocations

(noun.) stories that are not true

ADJ

contemporary, modern

classic

light, popular, pulp

literary, serious

crime, detective, historical, romantic, science

VERB + FICTION

publish, write

read

PHRASES

a work of fiction

That novel is a work of fiction, so the characters and events are not real.

a writer of fiction

She has always wanted to become a successful writer of fiction like her favorite authors.

(noun.) sth that is not true

ADJ

pure

His story about winning the lottery was pure fiction, so nobody believed him.

VERB + FICTION

keep up, maintain

He kept up the fiction that he enjoyed his job, even though he was miserable.

PHRASES

fact and fiction

She struggled to separate fact and fiction when reading stories about ancient civilizations.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a deliberately false or improbable account

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

polite fiction

A social scenario in which all participants are aware of a truth, but pretend to believe in some alternative version of events to avoid conflict or embarrassment.

Susan is only able to deal with the fact that her husband has sex with the man down the street through a polite fiction. She knows what her husband is really doing when he says he

truth is stranger than fiction

Sometimes actual events are stranger than imagined ones.

It has often been said that truth is stranger than fiction. But what writer of the most extravagant fiction could have thought up such a life as that of William Kiffin? A poor orph

fact is stranger than fiction

Alternative form of truth is stranger than fiction.

Example Bank

I am a great reader of fiction.

Wiktionary

the fiction section of the library

Wiktionary

The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.

Wiktionary

Reading science fiction sometimes does much to encourage a scientific view of the universe.

Tatoeba · #23969

Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction.

Tatoeba · #33191

The fiction reduced girls to tears.

Tatoeba · #46510

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