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Fictive

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Adjective

1. assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham

adopted in order to deceive

Example Sentences:
'an assumed name'
'an assumed cheerfulness'
'a fictitious address'
'fictive sympathy'
'a pretended interest'
'a put-on childish voice'
'sham modesty'

2. fictive

capable of imaginative creation

Example Sentences:
'fictive talent'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fictive

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adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or able to create fiction
2.  a rare word for fictitious

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Fictive

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adjective
1. 
of fiction or the production of fiction
2. 
not real; imaginary; feigned

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fictive

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, or created by imaginative invention.
2. Of, relating to, or being fiction; fictional.
3. Relating to or being a kinshiplike relationship among people who are not related by heredity, marriage, or adoption, often involving the use of kinship terms.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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