fiction
Definitions of fiction
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a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on facttypes:romanan extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a storyfantastiquefiction with a large amount of imagination in itroman à l'eau de rosea melodramatic paperback novelscience-fictionliterary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on societyroman d'aventuresa story of an adventureroman policiera story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or moviefablea story about mythical or supernatural beings or eventsnouvellea prose narrative shorter than a novelfablea short moral story (often with animal characters)mythea traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a peopletype of:oeuvre littéraireimaginative or creative writing
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