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non-fiction

non-fiction is the alternative spelling of nonfiction.

Meaning of nonfiction

Noun

nonfiction (countable and uncountable, plural nonfictions)

  1. Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.
    • Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.

Phrases with non-fiction

Questions about non-fiction

What is non-fiction the alternative spelling of?
Non-fiction is the alternative spelling of nonfiction.

Words near non-fiction in the dictionary

  1. non-fattening
  2. non-federal
  3. non-feldspathoidal
  4. non-fermenter
  5. non-ferrous
  6. non-fiction
  7. non-fiction novel
  8. non-fiction novels
  9. non-fictional
  10. non-fictionally
  11. non-final

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-fiction (page history and authors); nonfiction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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