fiction
Made-up tales
Fiction is narrative that comes from imagination rather than fact.
Novels, short stories, and films are fiction when their events and characters are invented: I mostly read fiction.
The term extends to any fabrication or pretense: The notion that he acted alone is pure fiction.
Legal fictions are assumptions courts treat as true for practical purposes.
New and unusual
- novellaShort fictional book
- proseUnversified language
- narrativeAccount of events
- plotStoryline or land parcel
characters · storyline · protagonist · antagonist · setting · theme · conflict · climax
Deliberate falsehood
- untruthA false statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
hoax · sham · fib · pretense · illusion · mendacity · falsification · misrepresentation
Something unexplained or unknown
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- romanceLove and its excitement
- satireMockery exposing vice
tragedy · comedy · drama · historical · dystopian · literary · pulp · gothic
Supernatural or illusory power
- wizardPractitioner of sorcery
- dragonLegendary fire-breathing reptile
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- questSeeking journey for something
enchantment · fairy · kingdom · elf · dwarf · goblin · orc · troll
New device or method
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- makebelieveImagined rather than real
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- imaginativeAble to conceive new ideas
inventiveness · originality · fantastical · whimsical · dreamlike · surreal · visionary · conjured
Habitual mental retreat
- diversionRedirection of attention
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- engrossmentTotal absorption in something
immersion · respite · pastime · leisure · recreation · pleasure · enjoyment · distraction
novel
New and unusual
plot · characters · storyline · protagonist · antagonist · setting · theme · conflict · climax · resolution
lie
Deliberate falsehood
- untruthA false statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
deception · hoax · sham · fib · pretense · illusion · mendacity · falsification · misrepresentation · tall tale
mystery
Something unexplained or unknown
satire · tragedy · comedy · drama · historical · dystopian · literary · pulp · gothic · noir
magic
Supernatural or illusory power
quest · enchantment · fairy · kingdom · elf · dwarf · goblin · orc · troll · warlock
invention
New device or method
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- makebelieveImagined rather than real
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
imaginative · inventiveness · originality · fantastical · whimsical · dreamlike · surreal · visionary · conjured · conceived
escapism
Habitual mental retreat
- diversionRedirection of attention
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
- absorptionProcess of taking in
engrossment · immersion · respite · pastime · leisure · recreation · pleasure · enjoyment · distraction · indulgence
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- fictionnovel, novels, novella, novellas, short story
- genresaction, comedy, fantasy, horror, documentary
- literaturebooks, book, poetry, stories, novels
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
fictionfact
Verifiable piece of information
truth · reality · actuality · hard facts · verity
fictionnonfiction
Literature about real events
non-fiction · documentary · history · journalism · biography
fictionreality
What actually exists
actuality · realness · materiality · existence · physical reality
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- fan fictionStories borrowing existing characters
- realistic fictionInvented yet plausible storytelling
- fictional characterImaginary person in stories
- horror fictionWriting intended to terrify
- historical fictionNovels set in actual pasts
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