Fiction: alternatives and connections

An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.

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Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

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Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

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See Fantasy, and Fancy.

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A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. Se…

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Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

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The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.

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Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.

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Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.

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Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame.

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Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame.

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The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

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The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

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A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the…

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The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

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