nonfiction
See also: non-fiction
English
Alternative forms
- non-fiction
Etymology
non- + fiction
Noun
nonfiction (countable and uncountable, plural nonfictions)
- Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.
- Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.
Derived terms
- creative nonfiction
Related terms
- nonfictional
Translations
written works intended to give facts
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