figment
noun
a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion.
figments
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pluralof figment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In many ways, these trademarks have become figments of individuals’ identity.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2024
But that's the issue, we have fictionalized a real-life relationship with our very own elusive figments of our imagination.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
“I will have them. They’ll be there. They won’t just be figments of imagination or floating around digitally. They’ll be real things that I can remember.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
Serenades were played to sound like figments of the imagination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
Suppose all of these houses aren’t real at all, this bed not real, but only figments of my own imagination, given substance by telepathy and hypnosis through the Martians, thought Captain John Black.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
