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Definition of Fictitious
1. Adjective. Formed or conceived by the imagination. "A fictional character"
2. Adjective. Adopted in order to deceive. "Sham modesty"
Similar to: Counterfeit, Imitative
Derivative terms: Falseness, Fiction, Sham, Sham
Definition of Fictitious
1. a. Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame.
Definition of Fictitious
1. Adjective. Not real; invented; contrived. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fictitious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fictitious
Literary usage of Fictitious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"A drama (we adopt Dr. Johnson's definition, with some little extension) is a poem
or fictitious composition in dialogue, in which the action is not related, ..."
2. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"ALTHOUGH Isaiah (TO) brings a just accusation of stupidity against the worshippers
of fictitious deities, for not having learned, from the foundations of ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He was warmly encouraged by Bishop Compton, to whom he presented a Catechism in "
Formosan ", a purely fictitious language. Afterwards he fell into poverty ..."
4. A Treatise on Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David Hume, Thomas Hill Green (1874)
"... but 'tis only because one, two, three, four, &c., are existent A unit^j
consisting of a number of fractions, is merely a fictitious denomination, ..."
5. Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure by William Mack, Howard Pervear Nash (1903)
"The name assumed as a fictitious payee may be that of an actual person used as
euch without interest on his part or intention on the maker's part to make ..."
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