fictitious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ UK /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
invented or imaginary; not real

He signed the register under a fictitious name.

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Synonyms

1 adj · invented or imaginary; not... imaginary invented fictional fabricatedmade-upunreal spurious

Opposites

real genuine actual factual true

Word family

Derived forms fictitiouslyfictitiousness

Related forms fiction fictile fictionalize feign

Etymology

From Latin ficticius ('artificial, feigned'), from fictus, past participle of fingere ('to shape, form, feign'), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ('to knead, form').

ficticius Latin fingere Latin *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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# fictitious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** fɪkˈtɪʃəs
**IPA (UK):** fɪkˈtɪʃəs

## Meanings
1. invented or imaginary; not real

## Examples
- He signed the register under a fictitious name.

## Synonyms
- imaginary
- invented
- fictional
- fabricated
- made-up
- unreal
- spurious

## Antonyms
- real
- genuine
- actual
- factual
- true

## Derived Forms
- fictitiously
- fictitiousness

## Related Forms
- fiction
- fictile
- fictionalize
- feign

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ficticius
- Root: fingere
- Root: *dʰeyǵʰ-

## Etymology
From Latin ficticius ('artificial, feigned'), from fictus, past participle of fingere ('to shape, form, feign'), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ('to knead, form').

## AI Etymology
Fictitious is from Latin ficticius ('artificial, feigned'), from fictus, past participle of fingere ('to shape, form, feign'), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ('to knead, form'). Important recorded forms include ficticius (Latin), fingere (Latin), and *dʰeyǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers invented or imaginary; not real. The wider family includes derived forms such as fictitiously and fictitiousness and related words such as fiction, fictile, fictionalize, and feign.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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