Fiction Main Entry: fic·tion Pronunciation: \ˈfik-shən\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign — more at dough Date: 14th century 1 a : something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically : an invented story b : fictitious literature (as novels or short stories) c : a work of fiction; especially : novel 2 a : an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth b : a useful illusion or pretense 3 : the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination