fabrication

American  

[fab-ri-key-shuhn] / ˌfæb rɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

• fabrications
  plural

1. the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.

2. something fabricated, especially an untruthful statement.

   His account of the robbery is a complete fabrication.

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Synonym Usage

See fiction.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fabrications
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fabrication

First recorded in 1475–1500; from Latin fabricātiōn- (stem of fabricātiō ). See fabricate, -ion

Explanation

A fabrication is something made up, like a lie. Telling your boss that the subway broke down when in fact you just forgot to set your alarm is a fabrication. The word fabrication was originally used to talk about manufacturing or construction, and it referred to the act of assembling something. Tires and steering wheels are necessary materials for automobile fabrication. Nowadays, the word fabrication is usually used to refer to the act of coming up with a story out of thin air. In this sense, a book of fiction is a fabrication, as is the lie you tell your girlfriend to explain why you forgot her birthday (again).

Example Sentences

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fabrication fabrications

Navantia has already made substantial investments in Belfast, including an expansion to the fabrication hall and installing plasma cutting equipment.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“The roughly 140 shops inspected represent only about 10% of the estimated 1,342 fabrication operations statewide.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Washington has spent the past decade working to secure choke points of the semiconductor industry: fabrication plants, lithography equipment, advanced packaging, critical minerals and the handful of companies that dominate each.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The images could not be verified by AFP but artificial intelligence tools found no instances of fabrication, and no versions of the images were found online before Monday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Ultimately, when Snyder was pressed on his figure of 3 million homeless, he admitted that it was a fabrication.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Mundubile, who has since gone into hiding, rejected the allegations as "total fabrications".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Many social media users complained that the AI fabrications make it increasingly difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction on tech platforms, many of which have scaled back content moderation.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

The judiciary is getting increasingly nervous about AI fabrications becoming part of the judicial record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

This makes verification increasingly difficult, especially as social media can also provide fertile ground for fabrications, unfounded claims, and distorted realities, a challenge further intensified by the rise of AI.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

It’s the fabrications that take a lot of time.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

Related Words

• deceit
• falsehood
• fiction
• forgery
• myth
• untruth