FICTIVE

fictive

(adjective) capable of imaginative creation; “fictive talent”

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

(adjective) adopted in order to deceive; “an assumed name”; “an assumed cheerfulness”; “a fictitious address”; “fictive sympathy”; “a pretended interest”; “a put-on childish voice”; “sham modesty”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

fictive (comparative more fictive, superlative most fictive)

Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional.

Resulting from imaginative creation: fanciful or invented.

Being feigned, ingenuine or unreal.

Source: Wiktionary


Fic"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. fictif.]

Definition: Feigned; counterfeit. "The fount of fictive tears." Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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