Nonfiction Definition

nŏn-fĭkshən
non-fiction
noun
The category of literature, drama, film, or other creative work, including essays, expository prose, and documentaries, whose content is based on fact and is not imagined.
American Heritage
Prose writing that is not fiction.
Webster's New World
A broad category of books, as in a library, encompassing such writing.
Webster's New World
Works in this category.
I've read her novels but not her nonfiction.
American Heritage
A work in this category.
The nonfictions of V.S. Naipaul.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • nonfictional prose

Other Word Forms of Nonfiction

Noun

Singular:
nonfiction
Plural:
nonfictions

Nonfiction Sentence Examples

  • Nearly all readings in science and history classes are nonfiction.

  • Jeff's favorite type of nonfiction books are biographies about historical figures.

  • Writing nonfiction often requires research, but fiction can be written based on imagination and creativity.

  • Timmy found nonfiction writing to be less interesting to read, but understood that it was necessary.

  • The nonfiction section of the library is ordered by the Dewey Decimal System.

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