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fictitious
spurious, fake; fictional; created or assumed with the intention to conceal: a fictitious name; imaginatively produced: a fictitious story
Not to be confused with:
facetious – not to be taken seriously; amusing; humorous; frivolous: I was only being facetious.
factitious – artificial; contrived: His enthusiastic response was factitious.; made; manufactured: a factitious part
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fic·ti·tious
(fĭk-tĭsh′əs)adj.
1. Concocted or fabricated, especially in order to deceive or mislead; make up: a fictitious name; fictitious transactions.
2. Of or relating to the characters, settings, or plots that are created for a work of fiction: a book in which fictitious characters interact with historical figures.
[From Latin fictīcius, from fictus, past participle of fingere, to form; see fiction.]
fic·ti′tious·ly adv.
fic·ti′tious·ness n.
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fictitious
(fɪkˈtɪʃəs)adj
1. not genuine or authentic; assumed; false: to give a fictitious address.
2. of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction; created by the imagination
ficˈtitiously adv
ficˈtitiousness n
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fic•ti•tious
(fɪkˈtɪʃ əs)adj.
1. created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false.
2. of, pertaining to, or consisting of fiction; created by the imagination.
[1605–15; < Latin fictīcius artificial]
fic•ti′tious•ly, adv.
fic•ti′tious•ness, n.
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fictional
fictitious1. 'fictional'
A fictional character, thing, or event occurs in a story, play, or film, and has never actually existed or happened.
I had to put myself into the position of lots of fictional characters.
...a musical about a fictional composer called Moony Shapiro.
Fictional also means 'relating to fiction and the telling of stories'.
James Joyce's final fictional experiment was a novel composed entirely of mathematical equations.
2. 'fictitious'
Something that is fictitious is false and is intended to deceive people.
They bought the materials under fictitious names.
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Adj. | 1. | fictitious - formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character" unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" |
2. | fictitious - adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
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fictitious
adjective
1. false, made-up, bogus, untrue, non-existent, fabricated, counterfeit, feigned, spurious, apocryphal a source of fictitious rumours
false real, true, actual, genuine, legitimate, authentic, truthful, veritable, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), veracious
false real, true, actual, genuine, legitimate, authentic, truthful, veritable, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), veracious
2. imaginary, imagined, made-up, assumed, invented, artificial, improvised, mythical, unreal, fanciful, make-believe Persons portrayed in this production are fictitious.
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fictitious
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Translations
صُوَري، وَهْمي، غير حَقيقيمُخْتَلَق، غير حَقيقي
fiktivnísmyšlenývymyšlený
fiktiv
keksitty
fiktívkitalált
skáldaîur, ekki raunverulegurskáldaîur, ímyndaîur
fiktivfiktivt
izmišljenneresničen
gerçek olmayanhayâlî
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fictitious
[fɪkˈtɪʃəs] adj (= invented) [character, event] → fictif/ive, imaginaire
(= untrue) → faux(fausse)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fictitious
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fiction
(ˈfikʃən) noun stories etc which tell of imagined, not real, characters and events (see also non-fiction). I prefer reading fiction to hearing about real events.
ˈfictional adjectivefictitious (fikˈtiʃəs) adjective
1. not true. a fictitious account.
2. not real or based on fact. All the characters in the book are fictitious.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
fictitious
a. ficticio-a, falso-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012