Antonyms for fiction

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fik-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪk ʃən

Definition of fiction

Origin : late 14c., "something invented," from Old French ficcion (13c.) "dissimulation, ruse; invention," and directly from Latin fictionem (nominative fictio) "a fashioning or feigning," noun of action from past participle stem of fingere "to shape, form, devise, feign," originally "to knead, form out of clay," from PIE *dheigh- (cf. Old English dag "dough;" see dough). As a branch of literature, 1590s.

noun made-up story

Example sentences :

It has been raised from the rank of a fiction to the dignity of an obstacle.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Shall God's fiction, which is man's reality, fall short of man's fiction?
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

I vaunted my love for history, biography, the poets, but spoke lightly of fiction.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

Nor, to the glory of human nature be it said, is this a fiction.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various

This I do not believe: it is part of the fiction of woman's superior morality.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

We rise from the perusal of such a fiction chastened and improved.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various

She is in many respects without a rival in the world of fiction.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

But when you've learnt the ropes, and can afford it, you'll go in for fiction.
Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

Too tragic, too much like fiction it sounds, that here abruptly we must end this Chapter.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Oastler said he would not present fiction to them, but tell them what he himself had seen.
Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

Synonyms for fiction

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