fiction
noun
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
fictions
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pluralof fiction.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Amid the usual rants of self-puffery and other fictions, he said this:
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
These fictions may take a variety of forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Even Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, hardly a left-wing firebrand, quipped that the address was so full of fictions he was beginning to doubt whether the USA men’s hockey team actually won gold.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
Importantly, and often understated, tokenized equities remain tied to the traditional financial-asset universe; they are not “crypto-only” fictions but rather a bridge between legacy asset classes and blockchain infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
For them epicycles were useful fictions which made computation of the position of the planets possible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
