Fictive
(adjective)
- Relating to or involving the imagination; invented, imagined, or supposed.
- Relating to or denoting a linguistic category of words or forms used to indicate a hypothetical or unreal condition or circumstance.
Origin:
From latin fictus, past participle of fingere ("to shape, form, inven.t")
Examples:
- The story was a fictive account of a world where humans and animals could talk.
- The novel was filled with fictive elements such as talking animals and magical powers.
- In grammar, the subjunctive mood is often used to express fictive conditions.
- The story was full of fictive characters and places that existed only in the author's imagination.
- The story was a fictive tale, not based on any real event.