nonfiction

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Etymology

From non- +‎ fiction.

Noun

nonfiction (countable and uncountable, plural nonfictions)

  1. Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.
    Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.
    • 2005 May 23, Eric Pfanner, “Puzzling phenomenon sweeps British papers”, in The New York Times:
      A sudoku book sits atop the Nielsen BookScan nonfiction best-seller list.

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