fictitious

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characterized by fiction; imaginary.
2. 1. Accepted or assumed for the sake of convention: a fictitious belief.
   2. Adopted or assumed in order to deceive: a fictitious name.
3. Not genuinely believed or felt; sham: greeted me with a fictitious enthusiasm.

[From Latin fictīcius, from fictus, past participle of fingere, to form. See fiction.]

fictitiously fic·ti'tious·ly adv.
fictitiousness fic·ti'tious·ness n.

adjective

Consisting or suggestive of fiction: fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, fictive, invented, made-up. See real/imaginary.

adj

Definition: untrue, made-up
Antonyms: actual, certain, confirmed, factual, genuine, proven, real, sincere, sure, true, truthful

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Based upon a fabrication or pretense.

A fictitious name is an assumed name that differs from an individual's actual name. A fictitious action is a lawsuit brought not for the adjudication of an actual controversy between the parties but merely for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of the court on a particular point of law.

IN BRIEF: Created or formed by the imagination.

That fantasy story was purely fictitious.

Tutor's tip: The collector made a "factious" (quarrelsome) remark to the "fatuous" (silly, inane) shopkeeper who tried to sell her a "factitious" (lacking authenticity) antique with a "fictitious" (invented) history.

Common misspelling(s) of fictitious

• ficticious
• fictious

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - opdigtet, fiktiv, falsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
denkbeeldig, theoretisch, onecht, nagemaakt, betreffende fictie

Français (French)
adj. - fictif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fiktiv, falsch, erfunden, Schein-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φανταστικός, πλασματικός

Italiano (Italian)
immaginario, fittizio, illusorio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fictício

Русский (Russian)
вымышленный, фиктивный, ложный, притворный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ficticio, imaginario, fingido, ilusorio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - påhittad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
假想的, 虚伪的, 编造的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 假想的, 虛偽的, 編造的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 상상의, 위조의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 架空の, 偽の, 偽りの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خيالي , مفترض , زائف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בדוי, מדומה, מדומיין, פיקטיבי, של רומנים‬

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