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Fiction
/ˈfɪkʃən/
Fiction is created content that comes from the imagination rather than being based on reality.
Synonyms:
novel
narrative
story
tale
fabrication
Antonyms:
fact
reality
nonfiction
Examples:
I
love reading science fiction books.
The movie is based on a work of
fiction
.
Etymology:
Fiction comes from the Latin
fictio
, meaning the
act of making, fashioning, a feigning, or representing in words
.
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