macro-fiction

noun

Fiction that has a greater than normal length

OriginEnglish fiction ← Middle English ficcioun ← Old French ficcion →
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Meanings

nounmacro-fiction (uncountable)

alternative macrofiction

  1. uncountableFiction that has a greater than normal length

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  9. Proto-Italic*θingō
  10. Proto-Italic*fingō
  11. Latinfingō
  12. Latinfictiō
  13. Old Frenchficcion
  14. Middle Englishficcioun
  15. Englishfiction
  16. Englishmacro-fiction

From macro- + fiction, by extension from micro-fiction.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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