adj
Meaning 1
Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
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Standard Lemma guide
fictive
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/ˈfɪktɪv/
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rhymes with -ɪktɪv
adj
Meaning 2
Resulting from imaginative creation: fanciful or invented.
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adj
Meaning 3
Being feigned, ingenuine or unreal.
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noun
Meaning 4
A headmate who is in some way a character from a fictional work, whether in inspiration, form, or identity. Originally popularized with soulbonds, and also used for fictional introjects and dissociative identity disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Qualifier: multiplicity slang; living character subculture; multiplicity slang; living character subculture
Examples
- 1999, " Who ARE these people/things?" (FAQ from website "Subreality Central") https://web.archive.org/web/19990830153823/http://www.subreality.com/sc.htm the fictives -- These are the characters from the stories for whom the Cafe was created, and thus are the most common barflies there. If you watched "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," you might get an idea of what fictives are like "off duty." They're like cartoon characters; they can't really die, it only looks that way in stories, but it can sure tick them off! The only thing a fictive truly fears is his/her writer and readers giving up on their story, thus letting them fade away into non-existence again. Note that while some fictives get along with their writers, some don't...
- 2011, "Plurality for Skeptics" (FAQ from website "Ex Uno Plures") https://www.exunoplures.org/main/articles/medicalisation/skeptics/ On the matter of “fictives,” or members of systems who share identities with characters from fictional media, my hypothesis is that their identities are subconscious psychological connections to those characters. I don’t believe that the characters literally jumped from their “source” to someone else’s head; I think that it’s a matter of identity formation that ties someone’s consciousness to that source.
- 2017, " How do fictives get inside of a headspace?" (FAQ from website "Silhouettes") https://spicetea.weebly.com/walk-ins-soulbonds-fictives.html It depends on how they 'came to be'. Some fictives/soulbonds are thought-created by a person who feels a strong connection to a character they may have watched or read about. Hence, bringing them to life as a result within their mind-space. For others, a connection may also have been made, but instead of simply bringing them to life, they may connect to the place where they live. There are variations on how this takes place and how long until the person arrives completely.
- 2022, "fictives get so much hate" (Reddit posting by user "lm2t") https://www.reddit.com/r/DID/comments/vj3qfs/fictives_get_so_much_hate/ I am constantly scared to text my friends while I front because a lot people were telling me that fictives especially from dsmp/genshin aren't valid. That makes me genuinely sad, I am afraid to receive any form of hate from my friends or even get fakeclaimed.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
capable of imaginative creation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- fictive talent
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
adopted in order to deceive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an assumed name
- an assumed cheerfulness
- a fictitious address
- fictive sympathy
- a pretended interest
- a put-on childish voice
- sham modesty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assumed, false, fictitious, pretended, put on, sham
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French fictif.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: fiktiv — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Finnish: kuvitteellinen — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Finnish: fiktiivinen — fictional, fanciful or invented
- French: fictif — fictional, fanciful or invented
- German: fiktiv — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Hungarian: kitalált — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Hungarian: fiktív — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Malayalam: സാങ്കൽപ്പിക (sāṅkalppika) — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Norwegian Bokmål: fiktiv — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fiktiv — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Polish: fikcyjny — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Swedish: fiktiv — fictional, fanciful or invented
- Ukrainian: фікти́вний (fiktývnyj) — fictional, fanciful or invented