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Meanings of fictitious in anglès

Adopted in order to deceive.

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Formed or conceived by the imagination.

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Existing only in the mind and not in reality.

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Examples for "imaginary"
Examples for "imaginary"
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However, it must be asked: has this been real or imaginary growth?
The Irish Times
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Another case of imaginary check, which discounts b3 as her possible origin.
The Flanders Panel
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Having an imaginary friend at this age is a good sign, too.
Radio NZ
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Real technology was better any day than imaginary spaceships, however well designed.
Archer’s Goon
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Indeed, it is sometimes said that its members tend towards the imaginary.
The Irish Times
Usage of fictitious in anglès
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The same distinction is found in the drama and in fictitious narrative.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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The risk of the trades was masked by fictitious positions, UBS said.
The Irish Times
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The strength of his resolution imparted a fictitious vigor to his muscles.
The Ordeal: A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
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The events described are imaginary and all of the characters are fictitious.
Freaks and revelations
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It was the fictitious expectations of someone that didn't know any better.
Ebony
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There was an adequate display of fictitious grief among her social equals.
South Wind
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It is not vital, however, since the name is most likely fictitious.
The Mystery of Monastery Farm
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Thus wrote Dickens in his fictitious character, and of his fictitious wife.
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 4
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There was the same fictitious glitter, the same fragility of spurious jewels.
Fromont and Risler — Volume 1
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The signature which you suspected of being fictitious is my real name.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1
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He was powerful with the fictitious strength of desperation and thwarted intent.
Flamsted quarries
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She is often ill, and always has a fictitious malady in reserve.
Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 0...
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The characters are entirely fictitious, but the incidents described all actually occurred.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
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But fictitious comfort, if I don't think about it, is real enough.
The book of disquiet
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In 2011, he was arrested for driving with a fictitious registration sticker.
Wired
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I have concealed the names of places, and given persons fictitious names.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
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Fictitious through the time
Fictitious across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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