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novelty
English
Etymology
From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?v?lti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?v?lti/
- Hyphenation: nov?el?ty
Noun
novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)
- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- A new product; an innovation.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
- Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
Derived terms
- novelty song
- novelty theory
Translations
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fiction
English
Etymology
From Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin ficti? (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), from fing? (“to form, mold, shape, devise, feign”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?k?-sh?n, IPA(key): /?f?k.??n/
- Hyphenation: fic?tion
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
fiction (countable and uncountable, plural fictions)
- Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
- (uncountable) A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
- (law) A legal fiction.
Synonyms
- fabrication
- figment
Antonyms
- documentary
- fact
- non-fiction
- truth
Hypernyms
- literary type
Hyponyms
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
Derived terms
- fictitious
- fictional
- non-fiction
Related terms
- fiction section
Descendants
- ? Irish: ficsean
- ? Scottish Gaelic: ficsean
Translations
Further reading
- fiction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fiction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- fiction at OneLook Dictionary Search
- "fiction" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 134.
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin fictionem (nominative of fictio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fik.sj??/
Noun
fiction f (plural fictions)
- fiction
Related terms
- fictif
- science-fiction
Further reading
- “fiction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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