fan fiction

noun

: stories involving popular fictional characters that are written by fans and often posted on the Internet

called also fanfic

Examples of fan fiction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As a self-publishing platform, Wattpad is known for hosting fan fiction and romance, and its authors and readers both skew heavily female. —Josh Bell, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025

And then watching how these characters and shows go beyond just what the original filmmaking process is — the communities that have been created from them, the bonding experiences, the different fan fiction and art. —Max Gao, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025

The After romance series, written by Anna Todd and which inspired a series of movies, also began life as a Harry Styles fan fiction, according to Britannica. —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025

The novel After famously began as Todd’s Harry Styles fan fiction, with Styles switched out for the fictional Hardin Scott when the book hit the mainstream. —Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fan fiction

• addiction
• affliction
• constriction
• conviction
• depiction
• eviction
• infliction
• nonfiction
• prediction
• restriction
• antifriction
• benediction