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
Material is an antonym for fictitious.
Material
Both words in one sentence
- However the game based its aesthetic more on said cartoon, thereby being lighter and softer then the film, but also truer to the, fictitious, source material.
Source: Lighter And Softer / Video Games
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