Fictitious Definition

fĭk-tĭshəs
adjective
Of or like fiction; imaginary.
Webster's New World
Concocted or fabricated, especially in order to deceive or mislead; make up.
A fictitious name; fictitious transactions.
American Heritage
Of or relating to the characters, settings, or plots that are created for a work of fiction.
A book in which fictitious characters interact with historical figures.
American Heritage
Not real; pretended; false.
Fictitious joy.
Webster's New World
Assumed for disguise or deception.
A fictitious name.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Fictitious

  • From Latin fictīcius from fictus past participle of fingere to form fiction

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fictitious Sentence Examples

  • He declared the whole legend was fictitious.

  • But he is sometimes guilty of inserting rhetorical speeches which are not only fictitious, but also misleading as an account of the speaker's sentiments.

  • The colors of dinosaurs illustrated in books are purely fictitious.

  • Pedigrees were invented, imaginary consulships and fictitious triumphs inserted, and family traditions and family honours were formally incorporated with the history of the state.

  • It should not be difficult to decide whether the reversals are real or fictitious.

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