2 October 2017
fictive
[fik-tiv]
adjective
1. fictitious; imaginary.
2. pertaining to the creation of fiction :
fictive inventiveness.
Origin of fictive
1485-1495, First recorded in 1485-95; fict(ion) + -ive
Related forms
fictively, adverb
nonfictive, adjective
nonfictively, adverb
Can be confused
factitious, fictional, fictitious, fictive.
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Examples from the Web for fictive
Contemporary Examples
In the first decades of the twentieth century, Iran introduced ID cards. Rather than adopting the traditional method of naming people by patronym or by place name, the country gave its men the opportunity to pick their own surnames. Here was a rarely made journey into mass invention – millions of fictive acts, officially endorsed, on a national scale – and, what is more, undertaken for the sake of no trifling matter. Names are powerful things in Iranian culture. A name defines you. And for people enchanted by words and poetry, this opportunity to define their legacy and shape their people was met with enthusiasm.
One Halal of a Story
Sam Dastyari
My goal (not my achievement, my goal) was to work like Joan Didion in a fictive realm.
The Perils of the Teen
Jill Bialosky
August 17, 2011
Historical Examples
Who knew of Ram-tah’s fictive origin, or even of Ram-tah at all?
Bunker Bean
Harry Leon Wilson
Its grossness must be transposed, as it were, to a fictive scale, a scale of fainter tints and generalized signs.
Picture and Text
Henry James
Anagram
if civet
fit vice
if ice TV
Today’s quote
Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys.
– Rita Schiano
On this day
2 October 1803 – death of Samuel Adams, American revolutionary and founding father. Born 27 September 1722.
2 October 1869 – birth of Mohandas Gandhi. Leader the campaign for Indian independence from British rule through non-violent disobedience. Assassinated 30 January 1948 by a Hindu nationalist opposed to the partitioning of India, who believed Gandhi was favouring the creation of the Muslim state of Pakistan.
2 October – International Day of Non-violence. This day was chosen because it is the anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi’s birth.