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What is nonfiction base or root?

The root word for "nonfiction" is fiction.

It's a bit of a trick question! "Nonfiction" is formed by adding the prefix "non-" to the word "fiction" to indicate that it's the opposite of fiction.

While "fiction" has its own root word, "fingere" (Latin for "to fashion or form"), the root of "nonfiction" is actually the concept of truth or reality which the word is meant to describe.

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