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What is the opposite of nonfictional?

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Adjective
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Opposite of being factual and true, as opposed to fictional
fictional
fictionalisedUK
fictionalizedUS
fictitious
nondocumentary
nonfactual
nonhistorical
unhistorical
imaginary
unreal
mythical
fanciful
imagined
invented
fantastic
chimerical
fabulous
mythic
visionary
pretend
fantastical
chimeric
ideal
phantasmal
fantasied
imaginal
phantom
phantasmic
notional
illusory
legendary
fabricated
false
fictive
concocted
untrue
nonexistent
storybook
devised
made up
product of someone's imagination
contemporary
current
historic
present-day
ahistorical
anachronistic
expected
present
projected
modern
future
created
made
figmental
artificial
embellished
fashioned
improvised
apocryphal
inexistent
mock
unfactual
delusory
possible
factitious
potential
likely
simulated
assumed
faked
figurative
contrived
suppositious
questionable
theoretical
presumed
suppositional
presumptive
presupposed
suppositive
asserted
hypothetic
theoretic
apparent
synthetic
hypothetical
supposed
conjectural
inferential
subjective
supposititious
cooked-up
non-existent
platonic
make-believe
made-up
purported
Adjective
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Opposite of free from exaggeration or distortion
fictional
fictionalisedUK
fictionalizedUS
fictitious
figurative
loose
metaphorical
nondocumentary
nonfactual
nonhistorical
unhistorical
approximate
abnormal
complex
complicated
counterfeit
decorated
different
difficult
dishonest
embellished
exaggerated
extraordinary
false
falsified
imaginative
inaccurate
intricate
ornate
unclear
uncommon
unreal
Adjective
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Opposite of being a factual and historical account, especially of a person's life
biographical
Adjective
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Opposite of in accordance with fact or reality
fictional
fictionalisedUK
fictionalizedUS
fictitious
untrue
bogus
concocted
deceptive
fabricated
imaginary
spurious
artificial
delusive
pretend
askew
dishonest
illusory
contrived
delusory
fictive
suppositious
deceiving
fanciful
incorrect
nonexistent
fake
improvised
nonfactual
phonyUS
sham
false
invented
misleading
unreal
awry
faked
feigned
supposititious
factitious
imagined
inaccurate
phoneyUK
untruthful
duplicitous
fallacious
inauthentic
pretentious
cooked-up
hyped up
made up
made-up
make-believe
man-made
trumped-up
“No one believes a liar who keeps telling fictional stories.”
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