Term: fiction: a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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Broader: literary composition: imaginative or creative writing | Unrelated: high-water mark: a line marking the highest level reached
Broader: literary composition: imaginative or creative writing | Unrelated: detention: a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
Broader: literary composition: imaginative or creative writing | Unrelated: sanitary landfill: a low area where waste is buried between layers of earth
Broader: literary composition: imaginative or creative writing | Unrelated: adlumia: one species: climbing fumitory
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Broader: literary composition: imaginative or creative writing | Unrelated: panhandle: the handle of a pan
Broader: literary composition: imaginative or creative writing | Unrelated: day shift: workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
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