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semifictional

semifictional adjective: partially but not entirely fictional.

Adjective

semifictional (not comparable)

  1. Partially but not entirely fictional
    • As emotionally powerful as this is, there is a slight disconnect here: he is describing events in Vietnam that actually happened (stunning, little-remembered details about the American evacuation, including the story of the last two Americans to die, in John Kerry ’s words, “for a mistake”), but...2007 March 4, Joe Klein, “Nam and Pop”, in New York Times

Origin of semifictional

From semi- + fictional.

Words formed from semifictional

Questions about semifictional

What does semifictional mean?
Semifictional means partially but not entirely fictional.
What part of speech is semifictional?
Semifictional is an adjective.

Words near semifictional in the dictionary

  1. semifertility
  2. semifeudal
  3. semifeudalism
  4. semifeudally
  5. semifiction
  6. semifictional
  7. semifictionalized
  8. semifictionally
  9. semifictions
  10. semifield
  11. semifields

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