Download the app
educalingo
fictionality

Meaning of "fictionality" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FICTIONALITY

ˌfɪkʃəˈnælɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FICTIONALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fictionality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FICTIONALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fictionality in the English dictionary

The definition of fictionality in the dictionary is the quality of being fictional.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FICTIONALITY

additionality · cardinality · carnality · commonality · constitutionality · criminality · emotionality · externality · finality · internationality · irrationality · marginality · nationality · originality · penality · personality · proportionality · rationality · tonality · venality

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FICTIONALITY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE FICTIONALITY

ability · air quality · augmented reality · confidentiality · equality · functionality · homosexuality · hospitality · in reality · inequality · locality · low-quality · morality · mortality · municipality · quality · reality · sexuality · speciality · spirituality · vitality

Synonyms and antonyms of fictionality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fictionality» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FICTIONALITY

Find out the translation of fictionality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fictionality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fictionality» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

虚构
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ficcionalidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

fictionality
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

fictionality
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

fictionality
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

fictionality
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ficcionalidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

fictionality
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

fictionnalité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Fictionality
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Fiktionalität
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

虚構
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

허구성
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Fictionality
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fictionality
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

fictionality
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

काल्पनिकता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

fictionality
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

finzione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

fikcyjności
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

fictionality
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ficționalitatea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fictionality
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fictionaliteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fiktionalitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fictionality
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fictionality

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FICTIONALITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of fictionality
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «fictionality».

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FICTIONALITY»

Discover the use of fictionality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fictionality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
From Historicity to Fictionality: The Chinese Poetics of ...
" "This is the first comprehensive work in English on the complex history and theory of traditional Chinese narrative.
Hsiao-peng Lu, Sheldon H. Lu, 1994
2
The rhetoric of fictionality: narrative theory and the idea ...
The rhetorical model of fictionality advanced in this book offers up new areas of inquiry into the purchase of fictiveness itself upon questions of narrative interpretation.
Richard Walsh, 2007
3
Finance and Fictionality in the Early Eighteenth Century: ...
Explores the blurring of distinctions between finance and fictionality through the work of Daniel Defoe.
Sandra Sherman, 2005
4
Fictionality and Reality in Narrative Discourse: A Reading ...
In Ch'en Ying-chen, this is expressed as a battle between a lyrical vision of ideological values and an instinctive self-clowning, in Ch'i-teng Sheng, as a form of competition between pattern and contingency, in Wang Chen-ho, as a ...
Li-fen Chen, 2000
5
Five strands of fictionality: the institutional construction ...
He discusses the literary texts of John Barth, Alice Walker, and Ishmael Reed; paraliterary forms like science fiction and electronic writing; and resolutely nonliterary texts, especially role-playing games, in terms of how each responds to ...
Daniel Punday, 2010
6
The Dark Side of Reason: Fictionality and Power
It also includes a chapter, written especially for this volume, that discusses Shakespeare's Tempest in the light of Costa Lima's argument about control of the imaginary.
Luiz Costa Lima, 1992
7
Essentials of the Theory of Fiction
Fictionality poses an intricate problem for literary theory because it indicates the duality inherent in the fictional universe: it is a world ontologically and epistemically separated from what is external to it, while at the same time being a world ...
Michael J. Hoffman, Patrick D. Murphy, 2005
8
The Distinction of Fiction
Narratology has been largely disregarded by modern theorists in the ongoing discussion of fictionality. Far more often than not, borderlines between the fictional and the nonfictional realms of narration have been drawn, withdrawn, retraced, ...
Dorrit Cohn, 2000
9
Ariosto Today: Contemporary Perspectives
In this age of readers so drawn to artistic self-consciousness in works of literature, Ariosto's desire to make conspicuous his poem's artifice and fictionality has been more appreciated than in the past. It could even be said that a characteristic ...
Donald Beecher, Massimo Ciavolella, Roberto Fedi, 2003
10
Fictional Worlds
The Threefold Nature of Fictionality The above story, its sad conclusion notwithstanding, suggests a geological view of texts: like bedrock, texts amalgamate strata of diverse geological origins. Pressed together by the cohesive forces of ...
Thomas G. Pavel, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FICTIONALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fictionality is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Story of My Life
The self-reflexive fictionality, in its multiple iterations, appears obsessive, and strikes one as an elaborate way to make a point already familiar ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
2
Can Reading Make You Happier?
... because of the protective fictionality.” And she wholeheartedly supports the personal health benefits of an immersive experience like reading, ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
3
Rats Build Their Labyrinth: Oulipo in the 21st Century
... is a fascinating meditation on love, death, desire, and fictionality and will become an important touchstone in any future conversation about ... «Hyperallergic, May 15»
4
Sophie and the Sibyl by Patricia Duncker review – an audience with …
But the official plot is only one strand, and everywhere Duncker draws attention to the fictionality of her book. The postmodern fun begins with ... «The Guardian, May 15»
5
Lost In History: Zachary Treitz and Kate Lyn Sheil's Men Go to Battle …
... less to suspend disbelief than to create this meta-discourse about the fictionality of art-making and history and life and whatever (to be clear, ... «The L Magazine, Apr 15»
6
Steven Universe: “Say Uncle”
... (I wrote it down both times I watched the episode), it also makes total sense that Garnet would be the Gem most aware of her own fictionality. «A.V. Club Austin, Apr 15»
7
With Richard III and Jeremy Clarkson, we buried both monster and …
It admits its own fictionality. It doesn't even pretend to tell us what he thought about the real Richard III. Loraine Fletcher Reading, Berkshire. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
8
We Have to Ask: Is Community Really Still Community?
Abed's ability to acknowledge the fictionality of the show has always veered between actual fourth-wall awareness and a sugary depiction of ... «Wired, Mar 15»
9
Is 'Still Alice' Based On A True Story? The Tale Resonates …
... the screen, was adapted as a play for a production in Chicago. So there's no doubt Alice's story is hitting hard despite its technical fictionality. «Bustle, Feb 15»
10
'Readers of Iain Banks's prose will find in his poems much that is …
We relished the unabashed science-fictionality of Edwin Morgan, and the likewise unabashed Glaswegian phonetic demotic of Tom Leonard. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Fictionality [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fictionality>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN