Fictitious Meaning
/fɪkˈtɪʃəs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjInvented; contrived.
Sentence Examples
All the characters in this drama are fictitious.
Come on, how often do you think a fictitious character needs to change clothes?
CEFR Practice Quiz
His alibi relied on a ____ story that the police quickly disproved.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The witness gave a ____ account of the robbery, which was eventually proven to be entirely false.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Latin fictus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin fictīciusbor. English fictitious Borrowed from Latin fictīcius.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Here we demonstrate that the explanation for this arises from subtle end-of-packet and wavetrain gradient effects such as microbreaking events and wave-flow decomposition subtleties required to conserve mass and momentum and avoid fictitious external forces."
— 2015, Clifford Chafin, “The Absence of Stokes Drift in Waves”, in arXiv, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
"It is there in Trump’s decision to grant asylum to white South Africans because of a fictitious “white genocide” said to be taking place in their country."
— 2026 January 21, David Smith, “Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2026:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His alibi relied on a ____ story that the police quickly disproved.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The witness gave a ____ account of the robbery, which was eventually proven to be entirely false.