Created by imagination; relating to or characteristic of fiction; having the nature of invention rather than fact.
From Latin 'fictivus' (capable of being formed or made), from 'fingere' (to shape or invent). The suffix '-ive' indicates a tendency or capacity to do something.
'Fictive' is the sophisticated literary term that scholars prefer—when a critic mentions 'fictive worlds' or 'fictive characters,' they're acknowledging that fiction creates real emotional and intellectual spaces.
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