| Fiction (fiction) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Fic"tion |
| [F. fiction, L.
fictio, fr. fingere, fictum to form, shape,
invent, feign. See Feign.] |
The act of
feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of
the mind.
That which is feigned, invented, or
imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or
written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; --
opposed to fact, or reality.
Fictitious literature; comprehensively,
all works of imagination; specifically, novels and
romances.
An assumption of a possible
thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth.
Any like assumption made for convenience,
as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving
at points really at issue.
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