fictional
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English fictional From fiction + -al.
Definitions
Invented, as opposed to real.
- Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters.
- The janitor's account of the crime turned out to be entirely fictional.
Containing invented elements.
- The Simpsons is a fictional television show.
- Including both factual and fictional books would have reduced the value of the study; it would have made the content too heterogeneous for the drawing of significant conclusions.
- While the jury saw the Sopranos episode in which Adriana was killed for cooperating with the FBI, Mr. Ferro argued to the jury the difference between the fictional TV show from the reality of this trial.
Occurring in fiction.
The neighborhood
- neighborfictionalization
- neighborfictionalize
- neighborfictitional
- neighborfictitious
- neighborfictive
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at fictional. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at fictional. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at fictional
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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