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nonfiction

[ non-fik-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay ( fiction and poetry and drama ).
  2. works of this class:

    She had read all of his novels but none of his nonfiction.

  3. (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

  1. writing dealing with facts and events rather than imaginative narration
  2. modifier relating to or denoting nonfiction
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Derived Forms

  • ԴDzˈھپDzԲ, adverb
  • ԴDzˈھپDzԲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDz·ھtDz· adjective
  • ԴDz·ھtDz··ly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nonfiction1

First recorded in 1905–10; non- + fiction
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Lund would love to see the veteran nonfiction storyteller make one of his acclaimed observational works about baseball.

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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.

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“If it’s nonfiction, I talk to the people who lived it,” he told the Los Angeles Times.

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These stories, some fiction and nonfiction, are a few of thousands.

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The writer, who dabbled in both fiction and nonfiction, is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism.

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