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fig·ment (fig′mənt)

noun

something merely imagined or made up in the mind

Etymology: ME < L figmentum < fingere, to form: see dough

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figment Synonyms

figment

n.

illusion, invention, fabrication, coinage of the brain; see fancy 2, fantasy 2, lie 1.


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figment Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • imagination: The idea of imminent war is a figment of the media imagination.

Adjective modifier

  • mere: Turn to God, he said, you have no god but Him the rest are mere figments of your imagination.
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