fabrication

noun

fab·​ri·​ca·​tion ˌfa-bri-ˈkā-shən 

1

: the act or process of fabricating

2

: a product of fabrication

especially : lie, falsehood

Synonyms

• fable
• fairy tale
• falsehood
• falsity
• fib
• lie
• mendacity
• prevarication
• story
• tale
• taradiddle
• tarradiddle
• untruth
• whopper

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: Altered The image of the X post is a fabrication. —Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024

But Intel does have incredibly valuable expertise and assets, notably its chip fabrication plants. —Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024

Although plans were in place to expand their fabrication facilities, both the board and investors began to doubt his capability to steer the company towards recovery. —Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024

Each sector contained in an enclosure all of the wafer-processing equipment needed to accomplish a segment of the fabrication process between lithographic-pattern exposures. —IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024

Word History

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

Medical Definition

fabrication

noun

fab·​ri·​ca·​tion ˌfab-ri-ˈkā-shən 

: confabulation