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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "fiction"
},
"expansion": "non- + fiction",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "non- + fiction",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nonfictions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "nonfiction (countable and uncountable, plural nonfictions)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "creative nonfiction"
},
{
"word": "nonfiction novel"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively."
],
"id": "en-nonfiction-en-noun-ydpKoGgb",
"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"account",
"account"
],
[
"attributive",
"attributive"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "nonfictional"
}
],
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{
"word": "non-fiction"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "非虛構文學"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēi-xūgòu wénxué",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "非虚构文学"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "literatura faktu"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "faglitteratur"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "non-fictie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "tietokirjallisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "non-fiction"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "doḳumenṭuri liṭeraṭura",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "დოკუმენტური ლიტერატურა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "samecniero liṭeraṭura",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "სამეცნიერო ლიტერატურა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aramxaṭvruli liṭeraṭura",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "არამხატვრული ლიტერატურა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aḳademiuri liṭeraṭura",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "აკადემიური ლიტერატურა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sachliteratur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saggistico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saggistica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nonfikushon",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "ノンフィクション"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "stručna literatúra",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стручна литерату́ра"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "náučno-dokumentárna literatúra",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "на́учно-документа́рна литерату́ра"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "faglitteratur"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sōþspell"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ğeyr-e-dâstân",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "غیرداستان"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "literatura faktu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dokumentálʹnaja literatúra",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "документа́льная литерату́ра"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "no ficción"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "sibunilizi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "facklitteratur"
},
{
"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"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"non-fiction"
]
}
],
"word": "nonfiction"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "creative nonfiction"
},
{
"word": "nonfiction novel"
}
],
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"2": "non",
"3": "fiction"
},
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"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "non- + fiction",
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "nonfiction (countable and uncountable, plural nonfictions)",
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "nonfictional"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with non-",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively."
],
"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"account",
"account"
],
[
"attributive",
"attributive"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"wikipedia": [
"non-fiction"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "non-fiction"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "非虛構文學"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēi-xūgòu wénxué",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "非虚构文学"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "literatura faktu"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "faglitteratur"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "non-fictie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "tietokirjallisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "non-fiction"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "doḳumenṭuri liṭeraṭura",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "დოკუმენტური ლიტერატურა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "samecniero liṭeraṭura",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "სამეცნიერო ლიტერატურა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aramxaṭvruli liṭeraṭura",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "არამხატვრული ლიტერატურა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aḳademiuri liṭeraṭura",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "აკადემიური ლიტერატურა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sachliteratur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saggistico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saggistica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nonfikushon",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "ノンフィクション"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "stručna literatúra",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стручна литерату́ра"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "náučno-dokumentárna literatúra",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "на́учно-документа́рна литерату́ра"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "faglitteratur"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sōþspell"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ğeyr-e-dâstân",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "غیرداستان"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "literatura faktu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dokumentálʹnaja literatúra",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "документа́льная литерату́ра"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "no ficción"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"word": "sibunilizi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "written works intended to give facts",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "facklitteratur"
},
{
"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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