fictitiousness
State of invention
Fictitiousness is the quality of being made up or invented rather than real.
The word emphasizes that something lacks factual basis: The fictitiousness of his alibi became apparent under questioning.
It applies to stories, claims, identities, or scenarios that exist only in imagination or deception.
Deliberate alteration of truth
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- shamFraudulent imitation
fraud · deception · fake · phony · bogus · spurious · misrepresentation · falseness
Imaginative mental wandering
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- figmentImagined thing, unreal
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- inventionNew device or method
whimsy · fancy · reverie · dreamscape · chimera · phantasy · escapism · fantasia
Account of events
- inventionNew device or method
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- narrativeAccount of events
- fableMoral tale with animals
yarn · legend · myth · saga · allegory · parable · tall tale · apocrypha
Misleading sensory impression
- nonexistenceAbsence of being
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
- simulacrumImitative stand-in for reality
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
apparition · delusion · hallucination · insubstantiality · unrealness · incorporeality · intangibility · immateriality
Fabricated personal guise
- aliasAdopted false name
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- false nameInvented designation for concealment
- shell companyInactive firm for transactions
falsification
Deliberate alteration of truth
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
sham · fraud · deception · fake · phony · bogus · spurious · misrepresentation · falseness · invention
fantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- figmentImagined thing, unreal
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
invention · whimsy · fancy · reverie · dreamscape · chimera · phantasy · escapism · fantasia · imaginings
story
Account of events
fable · yarn · legend · myth · saga · allegory · parable · tall tale · apocrypha
illusion
Misleading sensory impression
- nonexistenceAbsence of being
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
- simulacrumImitative stand-in for reality
mirage · apparition · delusion · hallucination · insubstantiality · unrealness · incorporeality · intangibility · immateriality · specter
assumed identity
Fabricated personal guise
- aliasAdopted false name
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- false nameInvented designation for concealment
shell company · strawman · front · nominal
fictitiousnessreality
What actually exists
realness · actuality · authenticity · genuineness · factuality
fictitiousnesstruthfulness
Habit of not lying
veracity · factualness · honesty · accuracy · verity
fiction, fictional, fictitious, configure, fictive, transfigure, nonfiction, fictionalized, fictionalize