fabrication

noun

fab·​ri·​ca·​tion ˌfa-bri-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce fabrication (audio)
Synonyms of fabricationnext
1
: the act or process of fabricating
2
: a product of fabrication
especially : lie, falsehood

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Examples of fabrication in a Sentence

her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers
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Well, those with a silky fabrication can protect the skin around your eyes from friction, and minimize creasing from pillows and bedsheets. — Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025 But even Oberon didn’t know such fabrications ran generations deep. — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025 And Intel estimates building semiconductor fabrication plants takes three to four years to complete. — Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2025 The brand is best known for its genderless velvet blazer jackets and day-to-night cropped vests, which over the years were reinterpreted with many new fabrications. — WWD, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fabrication

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Etymology

Middle English fabricacionne, borrowed from Latin fabricātiōn-, fabricātiō, from fabricāre, fabricārī "to fashion, shape, construct" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at fabricate

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of fabrication was in the 15th century

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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fabrication. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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fabrication

noun
fab·​ri·​ca·​tion ˌfab-ri-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce fabrication (audio)
: confabulation

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