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NONFICTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonfiction mean?
• NONFICTION (noun)
The noun NONFICTION has 1 sense:
1. prose writing that is not fictional
Familiarity information: NONFICTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prose writing that is not fictional
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
nonfiction; nonfictional prose
Hypernyms ("nonfiction" is a kind of...):
prose (ordinary writing as distinguished from verse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonfiction"):
article (nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication)
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