fictionish

English

Etymology

From fiction +‎ -ish.

Adjective

fictionish (comparative more fictionish, superlative most fictionish)

1. (informal, rare) Similar to fiction.
   • 1908, Maria Price La Touche, The Letters of a Noble Woman (Mrs. La Touche of Harristown), page 188:

     The only fictionish thing about it is his having written it in the first person as he tells the reader plainly. Personally, I own I never heard of Gerald O'Connor before. But that's because I always turned a deaf ear to all the […]

   • 2005, India International Centre, India International Centre Quarterly:

     ... mat of a fictionish discursive flow with eighteen black and white reproductions of ...

   • 2011 November 1, Laura Oliver, M.F.A., The Story Within: New Insights and Inspiration for Writers, Penguin, →ISBN:

     In an industry where it is hard to tell fact from fiction anymore, one writer said bookstores might as well label genre sections “Fictionish,” “Memoirish,” and “Cartoonish.” When. Changing. Genres. Means. Changing. Forms.

Synonyms

• fictiony

Related terms

• pulp-fictionish
• science-fictionish