fictive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite adopted in order to deceive
    false; put on; assumed; pretended; fictitious; sham.
    • an assumed name
    • an assumed cheerfulness
    • a fictitious address
    • fictive sympathy
    • a pretended interest
    • a put-on childish voice
    • sham modesty
  2. adjective satellite capable of imaginative creation
    • fictive talent

WordNet

Fic"tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. fictif.
Definitions
  1. Feigned; counterfeit. "The fount of fictive tears." Tennyson.

Webster 1913