nonfictional

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adjective

Not fictional.

Opposite
fictional
OriginEnglish fictional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English ficcioun →
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Meanings

adjectivenonfictional (not comparable)

alternative non-fictional

  1. not comparableNot fictional.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot fictional

Opposite
fictional

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  16. Proto-Italic*θingō
  17. Proto-Italic*fingō
  18. Latinfingō
  19. Latinfictiō
  20. Old Frenchficcion
  21. Middle Englishficcioun
  22. Englishfiction
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  25. Englishfictional
  26. Englishnonfictional

From non- + fictional.

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Translations

French non fictionnel
  • non fictionnelTranslations
Swedish facklitterär
  • facklitterärTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

nonfictional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfictional

MLA

“nonfictional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfictional. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfictional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfictional.

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