fictitious

alternative ficticious · alternative fictious

1. not comparableInvented; contrived.

   Near-synonyms: fake, fictional

   2 more examples

   Here we demonstrate that the explanation for this arises from subtle end-of-packet and wavetrain gradient effects such as microbreaking events and wave-flow decomposition subtleties required to conserve mass and momentum and avoid fictitious external forces.

   2015, Clifford Chafin, “The Absence of Stokes Drift in Waves”, in arXiv, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024

   It is there in Trump’s decision to grant asylum to white South Africans because of a fictitious “white genocide” said to be taking place in their country.

   2026 January 21, David Smith, “Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2026

   Synonyms: imaginary, invented, contrived, fictive, fabled, fake, fictional