Origin: Latin
suffix -ive
Fictive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
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"
2
capable of imaginative creation
"fictive talent"
3
Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
Example Sentences
"an assumed name"
adjective
"an assumed cheerfulness"
adjective
"a fictitious address"
adjective
"fictive sympathy"
adjective
"a pretended interest"
adjective
"a put-on childish voice"
adjective
"sham modesty"
adjective
"fictive talent"
adjective