fictitious

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But I have friends who tingled with anticipation over the debate, telling me they couldn't think of a more entertaining block of programming -- fictitious or otherwise.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or characterized by fiction; imaginary.
  2. adjective Accepted or assumed for the sake of convention: a fictitious belief.
  3. adjective Adopted or assumed in order to deceive: a fictitious name.
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  • But I have friends who tingled with anticipation over the debate, telling me they couldn't think of a more entertaining block of programming -- fictitious or otherwise. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Of course you realize that this piece of lumberjacking satire is fictitious, and only intended for entertainment purposes. —  The Toque
  • Can anyone blame the garbage GOP for naming a fictitious individual as their VP nominee —  Crooks and Liars
  • I can't listen to that song these days without fondly recalling my fictitious TV namesake Sam, and his wonderfully un-PC colleague, the Gene Genie! —  A Tangled Web
  • But Schaffer manager Dick Wadhams called the numbers "fictitious," pointing to recent polls by the Schaffer campaign and the National Republican Senatorial Committee showing the race in a dead heat. —  SquareState.net - Front Page
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imaginary ·  false ·  mythical ·  fictional ·  untrue ·  fabulous ·  spurious ·  erroneous ·  fraudulent ·  feign ·  fanciful ·  illusory
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  1. From Latin fictīcius, from fictus, past participle of fingere, to form; see fiction.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese ficticio, from Latin ficticius, improperly fictitius, artificial, counterfeit, fictitious, from fictus, past participle of fingere, form, feign: see fiction.
 

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