Fictional
Fictional adjective - Related to or involving literary fiction.
Usage example: a fictional treatment of the train robbery
Nonfictional is an antonym for fictional.
Nearby Words: fiction, fictitious, fictionally, fictionalised
Nonfictional
Nonfictional adjective - Restricted to or based on fact.
Usage example: a nonfictional account of a disastrous ascent of Mount Everest
Fictional is an antonym for nonfictional.
Both words in one sentence
- This tendency also extends to alien, monster, and animal characters (fictional or nonfictional species).
- Animals (whether fictional or nonfictional species), aliens, monsters, and fantasy creatures often have body parts that humans don't have, like tails, long or close-set ears, horns, spikes, shells, antlers, wings, e.t.c.
- Anthropomorphic: technically means of human shape or form; usually used to mean an animal (fictional or nonfictional species), plant, alien, mythical or fantasy creature, robot, inanimate object, or other non human that acts human or is humanoid in shape
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