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Noun [English]

Forms: nonfictions [plural]
Etymology: From non- + fiction. Etymology templates: {{af|en|non-|fiction}} non- + fiction Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nonfiction (countable and uncountable, plural nonfictions)
  1. Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: non-fiction Derived forms: creative nonfiction, nonfiction novel Related terms: nonfictional Translations (written works intended to give facts): 非虛構文學 (Chinese Mandarin), 非虚构文学 (fēi-xūgòu wénxué) (Chinese Mandarin), literatura faktu [feminine] (Czech), faglitteratur (Danish), non-fictie (Dutch), tietokirjallisuus (Finnish), non-fiction [feminine] (French), დოკუმენტური ლიტერატურა (doḳumenṭuri liṭeraṭura) (Georgian), სამეცნიერო ლიტერატურა (samecniero liṭeraṭura) (Georgian), არამხატვრული ლიტერატურა (aramxaṭvruli liṭeraṭura) (Georgian), აკადემიური ლიტერატურა (aḳademiuri liṭeraṭura) (Georgian), Sachliteratur [feminine] (German), ismeretterjesztő (Hungarian), saggistico [masculine] (Italian), saggistica [feminine] (Italian), ノンフィクション (nonfikushon) (Japanese), стручна литерату́ра (stručna literatúra) [feminine] (Macedonian), на́учно-документа́рна литерату́ра (náučno-dokumentárna literatúra) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), faglitteratur (Norwegian), sōþspell [neuter] (Old English), غیرداستان (ğeyr-e-dâstân) (Persian), literatura faktu [feminine] (Polish), документа́льная литерату́ра (dokumentálʹnaja literatúra) [feminine] (Russian), no ficción [feminine] (Spanish), sibunilizi (Swahili), facklitteratur [common-gender] (Swedish), สารคดี (sǎa-rá-ká-dii) (Thai), phi hư cấu (Vietnamese), không hư cấu (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎa-rá-ká-dii",
      "sense": "written works intended to give facts",
      "word": "สารคดี"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "written works intended to give facts",
      "word": "phi hư cấu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "written works intended to give facts",
      "word": "không hư cấu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nonfiction"
}

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