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fiction

/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
noun
  1. Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

    "I am a great reader of fiction."

  2. A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).

    "The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction."

  3. A legal fiction.

Synonymsfabrication, figment
Antonymsdocumentary, fact, non-fiction, truth

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