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  • 1C'est de la pure fiction — ● C est de la pure fiction c est une vue de l esprit …

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  • 2fiction — [ fiksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; lat. fictio, de fictus, p. p. de fingere → feindre 1 ♦ Vx Mensonge. « Si la fiction est excusable, c est où il faut feindre de l amitié » (La Bruyère). 2 ♦ (v. 1361) Construction de l imagination (opposé à réalité).⇒… …

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  • 3fiction — Fiction. s. f. v. Invention fabuleuse. Fiction poëtique. ce poëme est rempli de belles fictions. il y a des fictions qui touchent plus que la verité. la fiction est quelquefois plus agreable que la verité mesme. Il se prend aussi, pour Mensonge,… …

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  • 4fiction — n. 1) pure fiction (her story was pure fiction) 2) science fiction * * * [ fɪkʃ(ə)n] science fiction pure fiction (her story was pure fiction) …

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  • 5fiction — noun 1 stories that are not true ADJECTIVE ▪ contemporary, modern ▪ classic ▪ popular, pulp ▪ literary, serious …

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  • 6FICTION — s. f. Invention fabuleuse. Fiction poétique. Ce poëme est rempli de belles fictions. Il y a des fictions qui touchent plus que la vérité. La fiction est quelquefois plus agréable que la vérité même.   Il se prend quelquefois pour Mensonge,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 7fiction — fictional, adj. fictionally, adv. /fik sheuhn/, n. 1. the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, esp. in prose form. 2. works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction. 3. something feigned, invented, or …

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  • 8fiction */*/ — UK [ˈfɪkʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms fiction : singular fiction plural fictions 1) [uncountable] books and stories about imaginary events and people. Books that give facts about real events, things, or people are called non fiction Hardy wrote… …

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  • 9fiction — fic|tion [ fıkʃən ] noun ** 1. ) uncount books and stories about imaginary events and people. Books that give facts about real events, things, or people are called non fiction: Hardy wrote poetry as well as fiction.… …

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  • 10fiction — noun 1) the popularity of South American fiction Syn: novels, stories, (creative) writing, (prose) literature; informal lit 2) the president dismissed the allegation as absolute fiction Syn: fabrication, invention, lies, fibs, untruth, false …

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