Existing
Fictitious
Fictitious adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Usage example: his wartime exploits turned out to be entirely fictitious, as he had never even been in the military
Existing is an antonym for fictitious.
Both words in one sentence
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Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket has many fictitious footnotes referencing non-existing books with great accuracy, so much so that it was itself used as a reference by authors who didn't know any better.
Source: Footnote Fever
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