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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fictiōnem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: fic‧ção
Noun
ficção f (plural ficções)
- fiction
1644, Francisco Velasco de Gouveia, Iusta acclamação do serenissimo Rey de Portugal Dom Ioão o IV, volume 2, Lisbon: Lourenço de Anveres, Resposta ao terceiro argumento, page 170, column 2:Ao terceiro argumento, de que ſe tratou ſupra n.47. ſe reſponde, confeſſando, que o beneficio da representação he priuilegio, & ficção da ley, induzida contra as regras geraes de direito; & que como tal, não pode hauer lugar ſenaõ nos caſos em que for expreſſamente concedido, nem ſe pode extender a outros.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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