as in fictional
not real and existing only in the imagination
his wartime exploits turned out to be entirely fictitious, as he had never even been in the military
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Recent Examples of fictitious
Glen Casada, who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2003 to 2023, was convicted on multiple charges, including theft, bribery, use of a fictitious name to carry out fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
The fake driver accounts would report the status of the fictitious orders as delivered, causing a payment to go through to those driver accounts.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
The two stars of the Emmy-winning 1990s romantic comedy series Northern Exposure, set in the zany fictitious town of Cicely, Alaska, are adding their names to the avalanche of television stars binging their old shows, offering commentary about the storylines and sharing behind-the-scenes tales.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 May 2025
Later on, Weekend Update featured a trio of guest appearances from Bowen Yang who resurrected his recurring Chinese trade minister Chen Biao, Emil Wakim and his notes on American patriotism and Sarah Sherman as Jost’s fictitious accountant Dawn Altman.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
The fake driver accounts would report the status of the fictitious orders as delivered, causing a payment to go through to those driver accounts.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
The two stars of the Emmy-winning 1990s romantic comedy series Northern Exposure, set in the zany fictitious town of Cicely, Alaska, are adding their names to the avalanche of television stars binging their old shows, offering commentary about the storylines and sharing behind-the-scenes tales.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 May 2025
Later on, Weekend Update featured a trio of guest appearances from Bowen Yang who resurrected his recurring Chinese trade minister Chen Biao, Emil Wakim and his notes on American patriotism and Sarah Sherman as Jost’s fictitious accountant Dawn Altman.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictitious
Adjective
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Ready to swap the real-world drama for a fictional web of secrets and lies?—
Andrea Bartz,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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The kind now best distilled into a fictional massacre in a galaxy far, far away.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Draw an imaginary line from the magnitude 2.3 star Merak, which forms the outer base of the 'bowl', through Dubhe, the star positioned as the 'pouring tip' of the asterism.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
20 May 2025
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The mastermind behind covert action, Frank Wisner, never paused to consider that his cure for defeating an imaginary worldwide communist conspiracy was worse than the disease.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
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The green obsidian was also thought to have a symbolic connection to Tollan, a mythical city where the god Quetzalcoatl lived, which was believed to be the ancestral origin of Mexico’s civilizations.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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Helios, the Greek god of the sun, and Luna, the mythical goddess of the moon, stand guard at either end of Celestial Park.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2025
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“Fictitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictitious. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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