fictionist

 [fik-shuh-nist]  

fic·tion·ist

   [fik-shuh-nist]
noun
a writer of fiction; a novelist or short-story writer.
Also, fic·tion·er.

Origin:
1820–30; fiction + -ist
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fiction (ˈfɪkʃən)
 
—n
1.  literary works invented by the imagination, such as novels or short stories
2.  an invented story or explanation; lie
3.  the act of inventing a story or explanation
4.  law something assumed to be true for the sake of convenience, though probably false
 
[C14: from Latin fictiō a fashioning, hence something imaginary, from fingere to shape]
 
'fictional
 
—adj
 
'fictionally
 
—adv
 
fiction'eer
 
—n
 
'fictionist
 
—n

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