Usually means: Based on fact, not imagined.
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  1. nonfictional: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonfictional: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nonfictional: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. nonfictional: Wordnik
  6. nonfictional: Wiktionary
  7. nonfictional: Dictionary.com
  8. Nonfictional: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. nonfictional: Rhymezone
  10. nonfictional: FreeDictionary.org
  11. nonfictional: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. nonfictional: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Not fictional.

Similar:
unfictionalized, nonfictive, nonmythological, nonhistorical, nonbiographical, nonfactual, nonjournalistic, unfactual, nonliteral, non-factual, more...

Opposite:
fictional, imaginary, untrue, made-up, false

Types:
memoir, biography, autobiography, narrative, essay, more...

Phrases:
nonfictional prose, more...

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Similar:
unfictionalized, nonfictive, nonmythological, nonhistorical, nonbiographical, nonfactual, nonjournalistic, unfactual, nonliteral, non-factual, more...

Opposite:
fictional, imaginary, untrue, made-up, false

Types:
memoir, biography, autobiography, narrative, essay, more...

Phrases:
nonfictional prose, more...



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