Definition of "fiction" in English

noun

1. (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

   • I am a great reader of fiction.
   • the fiction section of the library

2. A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).

   • The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.
   • The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction.
   • separate the fact from the fiction

3. (law) A legal fiction.