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   fic·ti·tious

   /fikˈtiSHəs/

   adjective

   • 1. not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated: "she pleaded guilty to stealing thousands in taxpayer dollars by having a fictitious employee on her payroll" Similar falsefakecounterfeitfabricatedshamuntruebogusspuriousassumedaffectedadoptedfeignedinventedmade upconcoctedimprovisedinformal:pretendphoneyinformal, dated:codOpposite genuine
   • ▪ relating to or denoting the imaginary characters and events found in fiction: "the people in this novel are fictitious; the background of public events is not" Similar fictionalimaginaryimaginedinventedmade upmake-believeunrealnonexistentmythicalstorybookapocryphalfabricatedconcocteddevisedthe product of someone's imaginationa figment of someone's imaginationOpposite factual

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin ficticius (from fingere ‘contrive, form’) + -ous (see also -itious2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. fictitiously adverb
   • 2. fictitiousness noun

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fictitiousFictitious Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of FICTITIOUS is of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary. How to use fictitious in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Fictitious.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFICTITIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   invented and not true or not existing: He dismissed recent rumours about his private life as fictitious. Characters in this novel are entirely fictitious. Synonyms. pretended. sham disapproving. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. imaginary Our daughter had an imaginary friend when she was six.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › fictitiousFICTITIOUS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Fictitious is most commonly used in the context of things that are made up to conceal something or deceive someone in real life, whereas fictional is almost always applied to stories and characters that are part of creative works, like books and movies.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › fictitiousFictitious - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   formed or conceived by the imagination. synonyms: fabricated, fancied, fictional. unreal. lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria. adjective. adopted in order to deceive. “a fictitious address” synonyms: assumed, false, fictive, pretended, put on, sham. counterfeit, imitative.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFICTITIOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   invented and not true or not existing: He dismissed recent rumors about his private life as fictitious. Characters in this novel are entirely fictitious. Synonyms. pretended. sham disapproving. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. imaginary Our daughter had an imaginary friend when she was six.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFICTITIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Fictitious is used to describe something that is false or does not exist, although some people claim that it is true or exists.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › fictitiousFictitious - definition of fictitious by The Free Dictionary

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   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.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionfictitious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   Definition of fictitious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › fictitiousfictitious | meaning of fictitious in Longman Dictionary of ...

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    fictitious meaning, definition, what is fictitious: not true, or not real: Learn more.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishFICTITIOUS | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    FICTITIOUS definition: invented and not real or true: . Learn more.