Fictional Meaning
/ˈfɪkʃənəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjInvented, as opposed to real.
adjContaining invented elements.
Sentence Examples
That ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.
Who's your favorite fictional character?
The factual world is often weirder than the fictional world.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The novel's main character is a ____ detective who solves impossible crimes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Sherlock Holmes is a ____ character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the late nineteenth century.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2021 January 5, Peter Foster, “Peter Foster: Sustainable Newspeak by 2050”, in Financial Post:
"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."
— 1956, Barbara Anne Monroe, An Investigation of Fictional Books for Children which Deal with the American Indian in the United States:
"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."
— 2007, Robert Mladinich, Hooked Up for Murder, page 371:
"Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world.""
— 1957 May 26, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The novel's main character is a ____ detective who solves impossible crimes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Sherlock Holmes is a ____ character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the late nineteenth century.