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fictitious
What does fictitious mean?
fictitious (adjective): formed or conceived by the imagination.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fictitious in a sentence?
- All the characters in this drama are fictitious. (Tatoeba sentence #60788 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce fictitious?
/fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fictitious come from?
Borrowed from Latin fictīcius.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of fictitious?
Words related to fictitious
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “fictitious” mean?
of the same origin as claimed; genuine
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likely or expected to happen or become
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foreign, especially in an exciting way
Not quite: that's what exotic means.
formed or conceived by the imagination
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Which word is closest in meaning to “fictitious”?
regulatory
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legitimate
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fabricated
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vulnerable
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