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Meaning of 'fictitious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fictitious [ a.]
- Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame.

Meaning of 'fictitious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fictitious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- formed or conceived by the imagination
Example in sentence:
  • a fabricated excuse for his absence;
  • a fancied wrong;
  • a fictional character
Meaning (2):
- adopted in order to deceive
Example in sentence:
  • a fictitious address;
  • a pretended interest;
  • a put-on childish voice;
  • an assumed cheerfulness;
  • an assumed name;
  • fictive sympathy;
  • sham modesty

Nearby Words:

fice fiche fichu fickle fickleness fickly fico ficoes fictile fiction

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