fictitious
[fik-tish-uh s]
- created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- of, relating to, or consisting of fiction; imaginatively produced or set forth; created by the imagination: a fictitious hero.
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Origin of fictitious
Synonyms
See more synonyms for fictitious on Thesaurus.com1. spurious, fake. 2. fictional.
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Examples from the Web for fictitious
Contemporary Examples
A twinned, imagined narrative of a fictitious Fidel Castro and a Miami exile intent on assassinating him.
It might seem obvious to say that novels are “fictitious,” but certain ones are composed almost entirely of facts.
“Eventually he appointed me to the fictitious position of ‘legal adviser,’” Levin said.
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October 19, 2013
But all this fictitious boning has real consequences, of the Teen Mom variety.
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Even in the Showtime series Weeds, a fictitious tobacco company looked to pot as its future growth industry.
Historical Examples
This fictitious correspondence of mine is to blame for the foregoing digression.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
They may be delusive, but they cannot possibly be fictitious.
Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense MetaphysicsWilliam Thomas Thornton
On the fourth day the fictitious husband is required to divorce the girl.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
She is often ill, and always has a fictitious malady in reserve.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, CompleteElizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
And the conclusions drawn from them are sound, although the premises are fictitious.
The RepublicPlato
fictitious
- not genuine or authentic; assumed; falseto give a fictitious address
- of, related to, or characteristic of fiction; created by the imagination
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Word Origin and History for fictitious
adj.
1610s, "artificial, counterfeit," from Medieval Latin fictitus, a misspelling of Latin ficticius "artificial, counterfeit," from fictus "feigned, fictitious, false," past participle of fingere (see fiction). Related: Fictitiously.
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