fictional

Definition

Invented, as opposed to real.

Etymology

From fiction + -al.

Example Sentences

• "Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters."
• "The janitor's account of the crime turned out to be entirely fictional."
• "Nineteen Eighty-Four was written in 1949. Its nightmarish fictional world is now 37 years in the past, so one might reasonably conclude that Orwell was far too pessimistic, but his great book was less a prediction than a warning, and above all an analysis of the totalitarian mentality."

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