Main Entry:: fic·tion
Pronunciation:: \ˈfik-shən\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign — more at dough
Date:: 14th century

1 a: something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically : an invented story b: fictitious literature (as novels or short stories) c: a work of fiction; especially : novel2 a: an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth <a legal fiction> b: a useful illusion or pretense3: the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination

— fic·tion·al

\-shnəl, -shə-n^əl\ adjective

— fic·tion·al·i·ty

\ˌfik-shə-ˈna-lə-tē\ noun

— fic·tion·al·ly

\ˈfik-shnə-lē, -shə-n^əl-ē\ adverb

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