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| 1. | [ adjective ] formed or conceived by the imagination | |
| Synonyms: | fictional fancied invented made-up fabricated | |
| Examples: | "a fabricated excuse for his absence" "a fancied wrong" "a fictional character" "used fictitious names" "a made-up story" |
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| Related terms: | unreal | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] formed or conceived by the imagination | |
| Synonyms: | fictional fancied invented made-up fabricated | |
| Examples: | "a fabricated excuse for his absence" "a fancied wrong" "a fictional character" "used fictitious names" "a made-up story" |
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| Related terms: | unreal | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] adopted in order to deceive | |
| Synonyms: | pretended fictive false put_on sham assumed | |
| Examples: | "an assumed name" "an assumed cheerfulness" "a fictitious address" "fictive sympathy" "a pretended interest" "a put-on childish voice" "sham modesty" |
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| Related terms: | counterfeit | |
| Similar spelling: |
factitious |
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