explanatory fiction

noun

A work of fiction that attempts to explain the causes of a real event.

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Meanings

nounexplanatory fiction (countable and uncountable, plural explanatory fictions)

plural explanatory fictions

  1. countableuncountableA work of fiction that attempts to explain the causes of a real event.
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