fiction fiction /ˈfɪkʃən/

noun

1. () A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact  ( fiction )
   a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
     The author's latest novel was a work of fiction set in a dystopian world.
   The author's latest novel was a work of fiction set in a dystopian world.
   
2. A deliberately false or improbable account  ( fable , fabrication , fiction )
   a deliberately false or improbable account