fictiveness

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noun

The quality of being fictive.

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Meanings

nounfictiveness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being fictive.

    Though he loved Jorge Luis Borges, he didn’t in his own work go in for Borgesian mirror games, and he was free from the postmodern anxiety about the fictiveness of fiction, the unreliability of language.

    2009 February 1, Charles Mcgrath, “John Updike’s Mighty Pen”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fictivity

Origin

From fictive + -ness.

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Translations

Finnish fiktiivisyys
  • fiktiivisyysquality
Cite this entry
APA

fictiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictiveness

MLA

“fictiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictiveness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fictiveness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictiveness.

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