Associations to the word «Fictive»

Wiktionary

FICTIVE, adjective. Fictional, unreal, fanciful or invented
FICTIVE KIN, noun. Someone who, though unrelated by birth or marriage, has such a close emotional relationship with another that they may be considered part of the family

Dictionary definition

FICTIVE, adjective. 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".
FICTIVE, adjective. Capable of imaginative creation; "fictive talent".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King