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FIKSH-uh-nl/ˈfɪkʃənl/

Fictional means invented for a story: a fictional town; a fictional narrator. Fiction is the noun (already in the dictionary). Factual is an opposite. Do not treat the narrator as the author. Mix-up: fictitious can mean invented to deceive (a fictitious address).

Meaning

Invented for a story; not real.

Examples

• “Do not treat the narrator as the author; the I is fictional.”
• “The village is fictional, which still needs a map key in the coursework.”

Good to know

a fictional character / setting. Noun: fiction. Opposite: factual / real. Close but sharper (deceit): fictitious. Literature papers.

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