Crossword-Solution: FICTION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Fiction | n. | The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. |
| Fiction | n. | That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; -- opposed to fact, or reality. |
| Fiction | n. | Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances. |
| Fiction | n. | An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth. |
| Fiction | n. | Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with FICTION (5)
Vadim Antonov, senior programmer at Demos and the major poster from there up to mid-1991, was quite aware of all this, referred to it frequently in his own postings, and at one point twitted some credulous readers by blandly asserting that he *was* a hoax! Eventually he even arranged to have the domain's gateway site *named* kremvax, thus neatly turning fiction into truth and demonstrating that the hackish sense of humor transcends cultural barriers.
Just sufficient time had elapsed to enable each storyteller to dress up his tale with a little becoming fiction, and, in the indistinctness of his recollection, to make himself the hero of every exploit.
Whether he appeared in news articles, editorials, cartoons, or works of fiction, he was universally portrayed as superstitious, stupid, lazy, happy-go-lucky, a liar, a thief, and a drunkard.
Apparently the inquires were only made of Stratfordians who were not Stratfordians of Shakespeare’s day, but later comers; and what they had learned had come to them from persons who had not seen Shakespeare; and what they had learned was not claimed as _fact_, but only as legend—dim and fading and indefinite legend; legend of the calf-slaughtering rank, and not worth remembering either as history or fiction.
How patiently did she endeavor to wrap Clifford up in her great, warm love, and make it all the world to him, so that he should retain no torturing sense of the coldness and dreariness without! Her little efforts to amuse him! How pitiful, yet magnanimous, they were! Remembering his early love of poetry and fiction, she unlocked a bookcase, and took down several books that had been excellent reading in their day.
Quotes with FICTION (3)
If you're going to make a science fiction movie, then have a hover craft chase, for God's sake.
Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.
My childhood dream came true, but now I have a new one. I dream that some of these young people, while they're out there clicking around, maybe they'll find out about this book and find a way to get their hands on it - and when they do, they'll know that even if you're a skinny kid from Long Island who's scared of heights, if you dream of walking among the stars you can do it. They'll know that finding a purpose, being dedicated to the service of others and to a calling highe…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT, WP.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1992–2020).