Documentary and Fictitious

Documentary

Documentary adjective - Restricted to or based on fact.
Usage example: a documentary film about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

Fictitious is an antonym for documentary.

Fictitious

Fictitious adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.

Documentary is an antonym for fictitious.

Nearby Words: fiction, fictional, fictitiously

Both words in one sentence

  • Can be actual documentary-style footage, a reinactment or a completely fictitious turn.
  • Series / Undercover Boss The fictitious explanation given for the accompanying camera crew is that the executives are being filmed as part of a documentary about entry-level workers in a particular industry (in the second season, the employees are told the filming is for a contest).
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