fictive

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈfɪktɪv/

Definition of fictive

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
    “Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States.”
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adj

  1. Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
    “Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States.”
  2. Resulting from imaginative creation: fanciful or invented.
  3. Being feigned, ingenuine or unreal.

noun

  1. (Internet)A headmate who is in some way a character from a fictional work, whether in inspiration, form, or identity. Originally popularized with soulbonds, and also used for fictional introjects and dissociative identity disorder.
    “2022, "fictives get so much hate" (Reddit posting by user "lm2t") https://www.reddit.com/r/DID/comments/vj3qfs/fictives_get_so_much_hate/ I am constantly scared to text my friends while I front because a lot people were telling me that fictives especially from dsmp/genshin aren't valid. That makes me genuinely sad, I am afraid to receive any form of hate from my friends or even get fakeclaimed.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fictif.

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