fictive

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. adopted in order to deceive“an assumed name”“an assumed cheerfulness”“a fictitious address”“fictive sympathy”“a pretended interest”“a put-on childish voice”“sham modesty”Synonyms: assumedfalsefictitiouspretendedput onsham
  2. capable of imaginative creation“fictive talent”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fictive \Fic"tive\, a. [Cf. F. fictif.] Feigned; counterfeit. "The fount of fictive tears." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
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