From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnon-fictionˌnon-ˈfiction ●●○ noun [uncountable] TCNbooks about real facts or events, not imagined ones OPP fiction► see thesaurus at book —non-fiction adjective
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non-fiction• Barry also makes me laugh, but in a non-fiction kinda way.• The books in the library are divided into fiction and non-fiction.• These differences include the original step, for a work of avowed non-fiction, of changing words within quotation marks.• The power of stylistic analysis to reveal rhetorical strategy in non-fiction has applications beyond de Man and deconstruction.• He also produced works of non-fiction. 