fabrication
Americannoun
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the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
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something fabricated, especially an untruthful statement.
His account of the robbery is a complete fabrication.
Related Words
See fiction.
Etymology
Origin of fabrication
First recorded in 1475–1500; from Latin fabricātiōn- (stem of fabricātiō ). See fabricate, -ion
Example Sentences
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As good as these models are at sounding like an all-knowing person, they also regularly make believable, authoritatively-worded fabrications known as hallucinations.
From Barron's
Father said he must have gone to the country to finish his latest book, an act of fabrication that was a stretch even for a dressmaker.
From Literature
In January, the Iranian government called reports by foreign media organisations that Soltani faced execution a "blatant act of news fabrication".
From BBC
This proposed statement was forwarded by Andrew for Epstein to see - and Epstein's comments back were to emphasise that this was all a "fabrication" and to "distance me from any of this if you can".
From BBC
In the past week alone, the company said it would invest $24 billion in a new chip fabrication facility in Singapore.
From Barron's
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