Fictitious

прилагательное 1) воображаемый, выдуманный, нереальный, придуманный Синоним(ы): imaginary, invented, unreal 2) безосновательный; надуманный, изобретённый Например: fictitious theory — безосновательная теория Nations, who have no money have been constrained to invent a fictitious measure in order to express values. — Те народы, у которых нет денежной системы, были вынуждены создать некий придуманный эквивалент для выражения стоимости. 3) поддельный, фальшивый, фиктивный Например: Two treaties were drawn up, one was real, the other fictitious. — Были сделаны две копии соглашения: одна обладала юридической силой, другая считалась поддельной. Синоним(ы): counterfeit, sham 4) художественный, беллетристический Например: Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life of the time. — Из художественной литературы я получаю представление о жизни в то время.

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Fictitious

фиктивный

Англо-русский научно-технический словарь

Fictitious

adjective Etymology: Latin ficticius artificial, feigned, from fictus 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction; imaginary 2. a. conventionally or hypothetically assumed or accepted Example: a fictitious concept b. of a name false, assumed 3. not genuinely felt • fictitiously adverbfictitiousness noun Synonyms: fictitious, fabulous, legendary, mythical, apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception Example: fictitious characters. fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence Example: a land of fabulous riches. legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition Example: the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett. mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination Example: mythical creatures. apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate Example: a book that repeats many apocryphal stories.

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