fictive

A fictitious person is someone who is not real. It is sometimes used to describe characters in novels, movies, or TV shows.

  • The movie was based on a fictitious story.

  • The characters in the story are all fictitious.

Definition of fictive

adjective

adopted in order to deceive

Synonyms:

assumed, false, fictitious, pretended, put on, sham

adjective

capable of imaginative creation

Nearby Words

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Example Sentences for fictive

  • 1

    All the terms of kinship refer to members of the family, real or fictive.

  • 2

    Fictive motion as cognitive simulation.

  • 3

    Fictive kinship is also known as 'relatedness'.

  • 4

    Fictive kinship is also known as relatedness.

  • 5

    People with this relationship are known as 'fictive kin'.

  • 6

    People with this relationship are known as fictive kin.

  • 7

    Michelangelo has elaborated it with illusionary or 'fictive' architecture.

  • 8

    Michelangelo has elaborated it with illusionary or fictive architecture.

  • 9

    On the fictive architecture each motif is picked out in black.

  • 10

    Although, I find it a bit fictive and extremly nationalist.