Dictionary

fictionkin en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-West Germanic *kuni Old English cynna Middle English -kin English -kin English fictionkin From fiction + -kin.

Meanings

1. An individual whose personal identity is based in fiction of some kind: a fictional character, a fictional race or species, etc.
   • Once such group's members subscribe to a metaphysics that considers fictional worlds fully real, or that regards what most view as reality as another fiction. Included here are fictionkin and mediakin, people who claim spiritual or soul […] 2018, Hugh Urban, Greg Johnson, Irreverence and the Sacred: Critical Studies in the History of Religions:
   • This community was originally for those who believe themselves to be fictionkin/mediakin/otakukin, however we accept Soulbonders with Bonds from fictional sources, people who are unsure or the plain old curious folks. 2014, Danielle Kirby, Fantasy and Belief: Alternative Religions, Popular Narratives, and Digital Cultures, page 47:
   • Otherkin: The living proof that there should be laws preventing nutjobs from networking, this thriving subculture sprung from Ringer and fantasy role-play Internet communities in the 1990s. Its dysphoric members identify as not fully human, be them Fictionkin (those who identify as fictional characters), Animalkin (identify as animals), Conceptkin (identify as abstract concepts), and Weatherkin (identify as weather systems), some even claiming physical, mental, or spiritual shapeshifting abilities! 2021, Diego Jourdan Pereira, Bizarre Bathroom Reader:
   • Otakukin sound like something out of a science fiction or fantasy novel. However, that is precisely what they are. Most simply stated, otakukin (or fictionkin) are humans who, in a past life, were someone or something else, drawn out of multiple universes or worlds. 2009, American Folklore Meeting, Program and Abstracts, page 95:

Forms

Synonyms

fictkin · otakukin · fictionkind · mediakin · fickin

Translations (1)

ja フィクションキン (person who identifies as a fictional character or species)