as in fantasy
something that is the product of the imagination
most stories about famous outlaws of the Old West are fictions that have little or nothing to do with fact
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Recent Examples of fiction
Both were raised by Irish Catholic families in Georgia, where Catholics were seen as outsiders by the Protestant majority, and both drew on their roots in their fiction.
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Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Barrett’s book is an ode to fiction’s unique ability to illuminate history—not as fact but as felt experience.
—The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Something about that felt really lovely because in literary fiction, the point at least used to be to wreck your characters’ lives.
—Ilana Masad, Them, 24 Mar. 2025
It is now being reissued in a deluxe edition by prestige publisher Folio Society, with illustrations by Doug Bell, occasioning Miéville to sit for an interview looking back at the book’s impact on his career, the cultural influence of speculative fiction, and what’s next for him and his work.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Barrett’s book is an ode to fiction’s unique ability to illuminate history—not as fact but as felt experience.
—The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Something about that felt really lovely because in literary fiction, the point at least used to be to wreck your characters’ lives.
—Ilana Masad, Them, 24 Mar. 2025
It is now being reissued in a deluxe edition by prestige publisher Folio Society, with illustrations by Doug Bell, occasioning Miéville to sit for an interview looking back at the book’s impact on his career, the cultural influence of speculative fiction, and what’s next for him and his work.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiction
Noun
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In 1958, a provincial party chairman weighed in on the term fantasy in a roundtable essay that was published in Sae sedae.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Mar. 2025
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Yet the notion of a business jet operating at Mach 5 remained a sci-fi fantasy.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2025
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From casting backlash and political dustups to a lingering conversation of how to portray the tale's dwarfs in 2025, here's a timeline detailing the Snow White live-action remake's controversies.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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But since Disney’s golden properties don’t have expiration dates — remember, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out 88 years ago — don’t be surprised if the studio gives the classic princess tale another shot a few decades from now.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Another limited series based on a true-crime story?—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Articles described Gramercy as being lifted from an Edith Wharton novel and baronial in scale.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2025
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The novel is set in 1970s Dublin, when all forms of contraception were outlawed.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2025
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Well, those with a silky fabrication can protect the skin around your eyes from friction, and minimize creasing from pillows and bedsheets.—
Kristine Thomason,
Vogue,
14 Mar. 2025
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But even Oberon didn’t know such fabrications ran generations deep.—
Kendra Nordin Beato,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Mar. 2025
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Many of our favorite stories, fables and rhymes came from the volumes of the set of Childcraft Books published in 1954 which accompany our family’s ages-old set of World Book Encyclopedias.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Drawing on ancient folklore, fables and myths, Chainey’s film was branded a ‘folk horror’, a promise the film could not live up to.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2025
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Facilitating mankind’s victory has been an invention that allows flesh-and-blood soldiers to control mechanized drone bodies with half their minds while the other halves enjoy, say, margaritas on a digital beach.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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The dumb gags in Caveman are nearly as ingenious as the invention of fire: Atouk and Lar figure out the secret to walking upright by cracking each other’s backs—who knew?—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Collection 15: Exhale felt like a figment of our imagination, within it Rogers was unwavering in his dedication to craftsmanship.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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And, specifically, a figment of Neko Case’s imagination.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiction. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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