fictional

From fiction +‎ -al.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪkʃənəl/

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fictional (comparative more fictional, superlative most fictional)

1. Invented, as opposed to real.

   Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters.

   The janitor's account of the crime turned out to be entirely fictional.

   • 2021 January 5, Peter Foster, “Peter Foster: Sustainable Newspeak by 2050”, in Financial Post‎^[1]:

     Nineteen Eighty-Four was written in 1949. Its nightmarish fictional world is now 37 years in the past, so one might reasonably conclude that Orwell was far too pessimistic, but his great book was less a prediction than a warning, and above all an analysis of the totalitarian mentality.

2. Containing invented elements.

   The Simpsons is a fictional television show.

   • 1956, Barbara Anne Monroe, An Investigation of Fictional Books for Children which Deal with the American Indian in the United States:

     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.

   • 2007, Robert Mladinich, Hooked Up for Murder, page 371:

     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.

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