as in fantasies
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 fictions
It is rooted in the dehumanizing language and convenient fictions that precede acts of violence.
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Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Paranoia-inducing fictions like Wells’s aside, the public came to view Martians not as monsters but as representatives of a higher civilization—as angels, even, at a time when new science was shaking old religious certainties.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Andor hates him on sight, which only intensifies when Berend smacks around his mother and tears up the apartment looking for proof that Klára has deceived the boy with idealized fictions about his origins.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
For someone who loves storytelling—fictions that are meant to pass as truth (or at least, emotionally truthful)—a film or TV set is a hypnotic, addictive place to be.
—Jane Ciabattari
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Paranoia-inducing fictions like Wells’s aside, the public came to view Martians not as monsters but as representatives of a higher civilization—as angels, even, at a time when new science was shaking old religious certainties.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Andor hates him on sight, which only intensifies when Berend smacks around his mother and tears up the apartment looking for proof that Klára has deceived the boy with idealized fictions about his origins.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
For someone who loves storytelling—fictions that are meant to pass as truth (or at least, emotionally truthful)—a film or TV set is a hypnotic, addictive place to be.
—Jane Ciabattari
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictions
Noun
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Season 2 once again explores the consequences of turning fantasies into reality in suburban Britain.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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From cozy, whimsical fantasies to historical fiction and horror, this guide to August’s brightest new releases has something for everyone.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Their empires cracked, their shadows receded, and their names faded into cautionary tales.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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While some among Democrats cast him as the party’s national leader and a natural choice for their 2028 nominee, conservative critics point to his past controversies, including other pay-for-play stories.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There are also exhibits of actual cutting-edge inventions and a high-tech spa room with a silky-soft carpet.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Her childhood was a very creative one, filled with drawing, painting, designing, and tinkering with small inventions.—
Ugonnaora Owoh,
Essence,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But these techniques might go a long way towards reducing fabrications and inaccuracies.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Aster is obsessed with people’s unchecked power to shame others online, whether with the truth or with unfair fabrications.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Modern horror is at the forefront of political movements and are the fables of our time.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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Allusions to myths, fables, and riffs on common idioms abound, many of them evocative and quite funny.—
Lora Kelley,
New Yorker,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Are the protagonist’s past lives real, or just figments of his psychosis?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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These narratives, according to the researchers, suggest that a mindset of commitment helps couples get through during periods of adversity.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Although Romano rightly considered her depictions of dreams to be realistic, the book itself, with its uncanny, fragmented narratives, could not have been more distinct from the neorealist literature that was in vogue at the time.—
Brian Robert Moore
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Fictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictions. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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