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say it: fik-TISH-uhs
fictitious is an adjective meaning "formed or conceived by the imagination". It is pronounced /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ — fik-TISH-uhs. It carries 2 recorded senses.
formed or conceived by the imagination
“a fabricated excuse for his absence”
“a fancied wrong”
“a fictional character”
adopted in order to deceive
“an assumed name”
“an assumed cheerfulness”
“a fictitious address”
“fictive sympathy”
“a pretended interest”
“a put-on childish voice”
“sham modesty”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fictitious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.