"fictionality" meaning in English

See fictionality in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: fictionalities [plural]
Etymology: fictional + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fictional|ity}} fictional + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fictionality (countable and uncountable, plural fictionalities)
  1. State or quality of being fictional. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fictionality-en-noun-ZeDjVrb3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity

Inflected forms

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