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fictitious place

fictitious place

6.0
A place that exists only in the mind or in stories
  • noun
  • /fɪkˈtɪʃəs pleɪs/
translation icon : lugar ficticio
  • In many fairy tales, the protagonist often visits a fictitious place filled with wonder and excitement.

Examples

  • lt's a fictitious place.

    The Campaign (2012)

  • A fictitious place is imaginatively mapped by IBM in advertising its "IBM CIM Architecture," which allows a user to manage, store, communicate, and share information with suppliers and customers.

    Academic text (1991)

  • lt's a fictitious place.

    The Campaign (2012)

  • Narnia is a fictitious place where magical creatures and epic adventures come to life.

  • The novel transports readers to a fictitious place where the rules of reality no longer apply.

Synonyms

fantasy world
vsfictitious place
21 4.4

An imagined place in your mind with magic and strange creatures

also covers invented sites from fiction or religious writing
fantasyland
vsfictitious place
3 6.1

An imaginary place where everything is perfect and magical

is a neutral term for any invented location
never-never land
vsfictitious place
  • Literature
2 8.8

A made-up perfect place that exists only in dreams

is the broader label for any made up setting
mythical place
vsfictitious place
1 6.9

A place that exists only in stories or imagination

also applies to invented sites in fiction or religious texts
Neverland
vsfictitious place
  • Informal
1 8.6

An imaginary place where a person avoids real life and adult duties

is a general term not limited to escape or childhood
imaginary place
vsfictitious place
  • Literature
6.1

A place that exists only in your mind, often in stories

has identical meaning and the same usage

How Real

locale
35 4.8
fictitious place
6.0
imaginary place
  • Literature
6.1

Surface Forms

fictitious place singular
fictitious places plural

Morphology

fictitious + place

The meaning 'a place that exists only in imagination' is directly and compositionally derived from 'fictitious' (not real) + 'place' (location). This adjective+noun pattern is a standard, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Fictitious place comes from the idea that fictitious means 'made up' and place means a location; imagine a writer drawing a town that exists only on paper or in their head. So, fictitious place means a location that exists only in imagination or in stories.