The act of writing or creating fiction, especially in a prolific or commercial manner.
From 'fiction' (Latin 'fictio' meaning something made or invented) combined with the agent suffix '-eer' (from Dutch '-eer' indicating one who does something). The '-ing' suffix creates a gerund form describing the ongoing activity.
This word reveals how English speakers created a verb-like term to describe the industrial production of stories—it emerged when fiction became a profitable business in the 18th-19th centuries, making 'fictioneering' sound almost like storytelling as a trade.
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