fictive

[ fik-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. fictitious; imaginary.

  2. pertaining to the creation of fiction: fictive inventiveness.

Origin of fictive

1
First recorded in 1485–95; fict(ion) + -ive

Other words from fictive

  • fic·tive·ly, adverb
  • non·fic·tive, adjective
  • non·fic·tive·ly, adverb

Words that may be confused with fictive

Words Nearby fictive

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How to use fictive in a sentence

  • Of this part of the Gospel, Loisy says, 'rien n'est plus arbitraire comme exégèse, ni plus faible comme narration fictive.'

    Outspoken Essays | William Ralph Inge
  • I question if there is another fictive utterance to surpass this one in authenticity.

    Browning's Heroines | Ethel Colburn Mayne
  • I was for the time entirely the historian, with little time to dream of the fictive material with which my memory was filled.

British Dictionary definitions for fictive

fictive

/ (ˈfɪktɪv) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or able to create fiction

  2. a rare word for fictitious

Derived forms of fictive

  • fictively, adverb

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