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It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don't like me and I don't think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context.
Christopher Darden

Meaning of "fictional" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FICTIONAL

fictional  [ˈfɪkʃ ənəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FICTIONAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fictional is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FICTIONAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fiction

Fiction is the form of any work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not real, but rather, imaginary and theoretical—that is, invented by the author. Although the term fiction refers in particular to novels and short stories, it may also refer to the theatre, including opera and ballet, film, television, poetry and song. Fiction contrasts with non-fiction, which deals exclusively with factual events, descriptions, observations, etc.

Definition of fictional in the English dictionary

The definition of fictional in the dictionary is fictional characters or places occur only in stories, plays, or films and never actually existed or happened.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FICTIONAL


accessional
ækˈsɛʃ ənəl
agitational
ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃ ənəl
coalitional
ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃ ənəl
connectional
kəˈnɛkʃ ənəl
conservational
ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃ ənəl
conversional
kənˈvɜːʃ ənəl
convictional
kənˈvɪkʃ ənəl
creational
krɪˈeɪʃ ənəl
definitional
ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃ ənəl
demonstrational
ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃ ənəl
dimensional
daɪˈmɛnʃ ənəl
discretional
dɪˈskrɛʃ ənəl
dispositional
ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃ ənəl
elevational
ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃ ənəl
emanational
ˌɛməˈneɪʃ ənəl
examinational
ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃ ənəl
expositional
ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃ ənəl
expressional
ɪkˈsprɛʃ ənəl
formational
fɔːˈmeɪʃ ənəl
foundational
faʊnˈdeɪʃ ənəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FICTIONAL

fictile
fiction
fictionalisation
fictionalise
fictionality
fictionalization
fictionalize
fictionally
fictioneer
fictionisation
fictionise
fictionist
fictionization
fictitious
fictitiously
fictitiousness
fictive
fictively
fictiveness
fictor

WORDS THAT END LIKE FICTIONAL

additional
constitutional
conventional
educational
emotional
exceptional
functional
inspirational
institutional
international
national
operational
optional
personal
professional
promotional
regional
the National
the Second International
traditional
transitional

Synonyms and antonyms of fictional in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FICTIONAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fictional» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fictional

Translation of «fictional» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FICTIONAL

Find out the translation of fictional to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fictional from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fictional» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

虚构的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

novelesco
570 millions of speakers

English

fictional
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काल्पनिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خيالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вымышленный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ficcional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কল্পিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fictif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fiksyen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fiktiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

架空の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

허구적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fiksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hư cấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கற்பனை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काल्पनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hayali
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

immaginario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fikcyjna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вигаданий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fictiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλασματικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fiktiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fiktiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppdiktet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fictional

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FICTIONAL»

The term «fictional» is very widely used and occupies the 16.590 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FICTIONAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fictional» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fictional» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fictional

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10 QUOTES WITH «FICTIONAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fictional.
1
Clive Anderson
I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.
2
Annie Baker
I'm really trying to stop setting my plays in this one fictional town in Vermont.
3
James Bay
Both Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who had these huge productions, could always scale them back down to just a song and a melody. All of that influences me. I also try to be a fictional writer, and sometimes I get close, but the things that resonate the most with me - and with everyone else - is what's real.
4
Catherine Drinker Bowen
In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn't be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink.
5
Kurt Busiek
When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right.
6
Howie Carr
Has there ever been anybody, real or fictional, whiter than Betty Crocker?
7
Pat Conroy
When I bought a collection of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, I returned home with a bright enthusiasm to begin the long march into the Russian soul. Though I've failed to read either man to completion, they both helped me to imagine that my fictional South Carolina was as vast a literary acreage as their Russia.
8
Neil Cross
The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do.
9
Peter Cushing
Today's youth cannot miss something they have never known, but I fear that there are no current fictional characters whose impact and influence will last with such abiding affection into their 'sore and yellow' as this splendid man's creations have in mine!
10
Christopher Darden
It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don't like me and I don't think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FICTIONAL»

Discover the use of fictional in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fictional and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fictional Minds
"Readers create a continuing consciousness out of scattered references to a particular character and read this consciousness as an "embedded narrative" within the whole narrative of the novel.
Alan Palmer, 2004
2
Characters in Fictional Worlds: Understanding Imaginary ...
The book systematically surveys todays diverse and at times conflicting theoretical perspectives on fictional character, spanning research on topics such as the differences between fictional characters and real persons, the ontological ...
Jens Eder, Fotis Jannidis, Ralf Schneider, 2010
3
Fictional Worlds
Why, then, does fiction continue to pull us in and, more interesting perhaps, how? In this beautiful book Pavel provides a poetics of the imaginary worlds of fiction, their properties and their reason for being.
Thomas G. Pavel, 1986
4
The Fictional Christopher Nolan
The Fictional Christopher Nolan discovers in Nolan's films an exploration of the role that fiction plays in leading to truth.
Todd McGowan, 2012
5
Fictional truth
"-- "Modern Fiction Studies." "There is no doubt that this book is indispensable not only for critics and students of the novel but for anyone who has considered the paradox of fictional truth.'"-- "Queen's Quarterly."
Michael Riffaterre, 1990
6
Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
In this exhilarating book, companion and guide Umberto Eco--bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum--explores the intricacies of fictional form and method.
Umberto Eco, 1994
7
Fictional Space in the Modernist and Post-modernist American ...
Fictional space" is the imaginal expanse of field created by fictional discourse; a space which, though ultimately self-referential and self-validating, necessarily exists in ascertainable relation to the real world outside the text.
Carl Darryl Malmgren, 1985
8
Translating Fictional Dialogue for Children and Young People
This book brings together twentyone papers on the particular aspect of the translation of feigned orality.
Maria Wirf Naro, Martin B. Fischer, 2012
9
Fictional Thinking: A Poetics and Rhetoric of Fictional ...
This book offers a theory of the archaic mode of fictional thinking and a methodology for the analysis of fictional worlds.
Eli Rozik, 2009
10
Fictional Authors, Imaginary Audiences: Modern Chinese ...
The authors and audiences for twentieth century Chinese literature, especially fiction, are examined in this book.
Bonnie S. McDougall, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FICTIONAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fictional is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Fictional' Europe | EurActiv
SPECIAL REPORT / Impotence is everywhere. Few literary cultures have been able to capture the feeling of being powerless, in as local a dialect, as Irish fiction ... «EurActiv, Jul 15»
2
FICTIONAL VIDEO GAME REVIEW: SUPER NYPD BLUE - Every …
Editor's note: Fictional Video Game Review is, as the name suggests, a review of a video game that has never existed or even planned. «EDSBS, Jul 15»
3
Clairen Reese: On families, real and fictional
If you've ever been a member of a family — and who hasn't? — then from time to time, you may have envisioned yourself playing an integral ... «Pensacola News Journal, Jul 15»
4
Remembering the Loss: The Stages of Grief Through Fictional
I can remember distinctly the moment when a death of a character affected and upset me and not understanding why a fictional character made ... «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»
5
Lindström celebrates 53rd festival for city's famous (fictional) hero …
He's the most famous man in Lindström and thousands of people will be celebrating his legacy this weekend – even though he's fictional. «Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews, Jul 15»
6
AL Kennedy's six of the best: fictional doctors | The Times
Our culture is fascinated by doctors. Perhaps they appeal to writers because we share a lot of characteristics with them: both, in a way, stand ... «The Times, Jul 15»
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From 'Happy Days' to 'Eyes Wide Shut': When Real Married Couples …
From 'Happy Days' to 'Eyes Wide Shut': When Real Married Couples Play Fictional Spouses. By Moze Halperin July 10, 2015 11:15 am. «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
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9 Fictional Summer Camps From Books You Wish You Could Go To …
So if you're like me and you've always wanted to spend your summer in a cabin, here are 9 fictional camps from books you might want to consider: ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
9
10 fictional bars we would definitely make our local
After pining for Transatlantic watering holes, it feels only right to honour a great fictional pub from the heart of our own shores in the UK, and ... «WOW24/7, Jul 15»
10
Molly Crabapple's dystopian fictional take on The Great New York …
Molly Crabapple's dystopian fictional take on The Great New York Stock Exchange of July, 2015. By Xeni Jardin at 3:58 pm Wed, Jul 8, 2015 ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»

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