fictionality
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7.5
- noun
- /fɪkˈʃənæləti/
- Literature
:
ficcionalidad
- In literature, the fictionality of the characters allows readers to explore imaginary worlds and narratives.
- theory of fictionality
- define fictionality
- criterion of fictionality
Examples
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The issues focused on include perspective, plot, self-reflexivity, fictionality, and the specifics of postmodernist texts.
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I will provide only a brief sketch of the logical operations involved, using the example of fictionality discussed in this article.
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Otherwise, it would be possible to define fictionality merely by "reading it off from the texts."
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Issues of fictionality likewise continue to occupy an important place in German narrative studies.
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Had it received the attention it deserves, much of the subsequent discussion of fictionality could have been dispensed with.
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First, all signals of fictionality must be traceable to characteristics of fiction, but not the other way around.
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In fact, none of the usual criteria of fictionality apply to the didactic poem.
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Formulating truth conditions for statements about fiction provides a logical account of fictionality.
Academic text (1992) -
The missive's fictionality, however, in no way diminishes its impact.
Academic text (2001) -
Rorty is even more radical in his critique of Searle's solution to the problem of fictionality.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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7.9
A feeling that things are not real or are like a dream
A quality of being made up and not real that people sometimes use to trick others
A state where things exist only in your imagination or in games
A feeling that something is not real like a dream
Antonyms
How Fictional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fictionality comes from the common word fiction, which goes back to an old root meaning 'to make' or 'to shape', so you can picture a fictional story as a 'made' or 'shaped' world. So fictionality is the quality of being 'made up' or imagined, which is why we use it to talk about stories or accounts that are not real.