Meanings
nounfictionist (plural fictionists)
plural fictionists
- One who deals in fiction; a writer of fiction, a novelist.
Just as the Muslim world was vibrating to the ‘insult’ visited on the Prophet Muhamed (Peace Be Upon Him) by an Anglo-Pakistani fictionist of genius and renown, the British and American mass audience was thrilling to the reborn version of David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia.
1989, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Siding with Rushdie’, London Review of Books, volume 11, number 20
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
- Proto-Italic*θingō
- Proto-Italic*fingō
- Latinfingō
- Latinfictiō
- Old Frenchficcion
- Middle Englishficcioun
- Englishfiction
- Englishfictionist
Translations
Greek μυθιστοριογράφος
- μυθιστοριογράφος (mythistoriográfos)a writer of fiction
Hungarian regényíró
- regényíróa writer of fiction
Cite this entry
APA
fictionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionist
MLA
“fictionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fictionist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionist.
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