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fictitious

fic.ti.tious \fik-'tish-*s\ aj [L ficticius artificial, feigned, fr. 
   fictus] 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : IMAGINARY  2: 
   conventionally or hypothetically assumed  3: FEIGNED, SIMULATEDMFICTITIOUS 
   implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than 
   deliberate falsification or deception; FABULOUS stresses the marvelous or 
   incredible character of something without distinctly implying impossibility 
   or actual nonexistence; LEGENDARY suggests the elaboration of invented 
   details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition; 
   MYTHICAL implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of 
   beings and events out of the imagination; APOCRYPHAL implies an unknown or 
   dubious source or origin for an account circulated as true or genuine - 
   fic.ti.tious.ly av SYN syn FABULOUS, LEGENDARY, MYTHICAL, APOCRYPHAL; (