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nonfiction
[ non-fik-shuhn ]
noun
- works of this class:
She had read all of his novels but none of his nonfiction.
- (especially in cataloging books, as in a library or bookstore) all writing or books not fiction, poetry, or drama, including nonfictive narrative prose and reference works; the broadest category of written works.
nonfiction
/ ˌɒˈɪʃə /
noun
- writing dealing with facts and events rather than imaginative narration
- modifier relating to or denoting nonfiction
Derived Forms
- ԴDzˈھپDzԲ, adverb
- ԴDzˈھپDzԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz·ھtDz· adjective
- ԴDz·ھtDz··ly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nonfiction1
Example Sentences
Lund would love to see the veteran nonfiction storyteller make one of his acclaimed observational works about baseball.
With no standards in place for transparency, we fear this commingling of real and unreal could compromise the nonfiction genre and the indispensable role it plays in our shared history.
“If it’s nonfiction, I talk to the people who lived it,” he told the Los Angeles Times.
These stories, some fiction and nonfiction, are a few of thousands.
The writer, who dabbled in both fiction and nonfiction, is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism.
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