nonfictional

American  

[nahn-fik-shuhn-uhl] / ˌnɑnˈfɪk ʃən əl /

adjective

1. relating or belonging to nonfiction rather than fiction.

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Other Word Forms

• nonfictionality noun

Example Sentences

A title card announces that “some aspects and timelines have been fictionalized for purposes of dramatization,” adding that any resemblance of the fictional parts to anything nonfictional is not intended.

From Los Angeles Times

On its face, this is an obvious, even redundant statement — to varying degrees, this the way that all writers operate unless they’re creating something patently nonfictional.

From Washington Post

For a nonfictional portrait, consider this feature-length doc, which pairs the voices of some of Houston’s friends, family members and collaborators with tour footage from the late 1990s.

From New York Times

Bayard describes Pitts’s book as the “definitive nonfictional take” on Lem Billings’s life.

From New York Times

The fictional memoir sections allow Wallace to blend his narrative theatrics with his nonfictional voice, resulting in a hybrid style it’s a shame he never got to explore further.

From Los Angeles Times