fictionalism

noun

fic·​tion·​al·​ism

-shənᵊlˌizəm,

-shnəˌli-

variants or less commonly fictionism

-shəˌnizəm

plural -s

: a theory describing or advocating the use of fictions (see fiction sense 6c)

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