English
fictionalism
From fictional + -ism.
A compound of fiction + -al + fictional
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
English fictional
Today it means
noun The doctrine that certain concepts are simply convenient fictions
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fictionalism