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countable and uncountable, plural fictions
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose. examples
A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead). quotations examples
[…] in view of the facts—and some fictions—recently circulated in this country about the general performance of high-powered diesel-hydraulics of B.R., […] .
1963 June, G. Freeman Allen, “The success of diesel-hydraulics on the German Federal Railway”, in Modern Railways, page 390
(law) A legal fiction. examples