fictitious narrative

  • 1narrative — narratively, adv. /nar euh tiv/, n. 1. a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. 2. a book, literary work, etc., containing such a story. 3. the art, technique, or process of narrating: Somerset Maugham… …

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  • 2narrative — /ˈnærətɪv/ (say naruhtiv) noun 1. a story of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. 2. narrative matter, as in literary work. 3. the act or process of narrating. 4. the rationale for a sequence of events, presented as the… …

  • 3narrative — nar•ra•tive [[t]ˈnær ə tɪv[/t]] n. 1) a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious 2) lit. the art, technique, or process of narrating 3) lit. consisting of or being a narrative: narrative poetry[/ex] 4) of… …

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  • 4Parable — For a comparison of parable with other kinds of stories, see Myth, legend, fairy tale, and fable. The Parable of the Good Samaritan by Jan Wijnants (1670) shows the Good Samaritan tending the injured man. A parable is …

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  • 5fiction — fiction, figment, fabrication, fable are comparable when meaning a story, an account, an explanation, or a conception which is an invention of the human mind. Fiction so strongly implies the use of the imagination that it serves as the class name …

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  • 6Satyricon — Infobox Book name = Satyricon translator = image caption = author = Petronius country = Roman Empire language = Latin genre = Satire publisher = Various release date = Late 1st century CE isbn = n/a Satyricon (or Satyrica ) is a Latin work of… …

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  • 7Devotion to the Blessed Virgin —     Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary     Down to the Council of Nicaea     Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis must be regarded as a practical application of… …

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  • 8Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary —     Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary     Down to the Council of Nicaea     Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis must be regarded as a practical application of… …

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  • 9Irving Joshua Matrix — (born Japan, 1908), born Irving Joshua Bush and commonly known as Dr. (I. J.) Matrix, was a fictitious polymath scientist, scholar, and entrepreneur who made extraordinary contributions to perpetual motion engineering, Biblical cryptography and… …

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  • 10Machinery — Ma*chin er*y, n. [From {Machine}: cf. F. machinerie.] 1. Machines, in general, or collectively. [1913 Webster] 2. The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch. [1913 Webster] 3. The supernatural means by… …

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