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fictionish

fictionish adjective: similar to fiction.

Adjective

fictionish (comparative more fictionish, superlative most fictionish)

  1. (informal, rare) Similar to fiction.
    • The only fictionish thing about it is his having written it in the first person as he tells the reader plainly. Personally, I own I never heard of Gerald O'Connor before. But that's because I always turned a deaf ear to all the[…]1908, Maria Price La Touche, The Letters of a Noble Woman (Mrs. La Touche of Harristown), page 188
    • ... mat of a fictionish discursive flow with eighteen black and white reproductions of ...2005, India International Centre, India International Centre Quarterly
    Synonyms:
    fictiony

Synonyms of fictionish

Forms of fictionish

comparativemore fictionish
superlativemost fictionish

Origin of fictionish

From fiction + -ish.

Phrases with fictionish

Questions about fictionish

What does fictionish mean?
Fictionish means similar to fiction.
What part of speech is fictionish?
Fictionish is an adjective.

Words near fictionish in the dictionary

  1. fictioners
  2. fictionisation
  3. fictionise
  4. fictionised
  5. fictionises
  6. fictionish
  7. fictionising
  8. fictionist
  9. fictionistic
  10. fictionists
  11. fictionization

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