fanfiction

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US/ˈfæn.fɪk.ʃən/

A form of fan fiction — Fiction, typically amateur, created by fans, incorporating the characters and concepts of a commercial media property, typically without permission from the author or owner.

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Meanings

nounfanfiction (countable and uncountable, plural fanfictions)

plural fanfictions

  1. alternativecountableslanguncountablelifestyleAlternative form of fan fiction.

    Hamilton spurred a movement— suddenly, every other 14 year old girl was writing alternative universe coffee shop fanfiction about the Founding Fathers. The wig-wearing, never bathing, slave-owning Founding Fathers. All of a sudden, it was the dreampolitik of Miku Binder Thomas Jefferson.

    2025 June 17, Zac Yang, “Bush!—The Dreampolitik of Comic Purity”, in The Isis Magazine

Synonyms & antonyms

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Cite this entry
APA

fanfiction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanfiction

MLA

“fanfiction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanfiction. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fanfiction,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanfiction.

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