fabrication
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6.5
- noun
- /ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən/
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- Actually, that was my little fabrication.
- fabrication and falsification
- fabrication or plagiarism
- blatant fabrications
Or they might even provide downright fabrications, things like I could have had anyone and I chose you.
- Or they might even provide downright fabrications, things like I could have had anyone and I chose you.
- It's a, it's a wild cortical fabrication.
- Connect me with a banker at Morgan Stanley and all sorts of fabrications.
Examples
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Every single aspect of Operation Catfish was a complete fabrication.
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This is complete fabrication.
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I believe it was simply a fabrication to get me off the trail.
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Everything that they have told us is a complete fabrication.
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Not everything your father says is a complete fabrication.
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This is a ridiculous fabrication, Prosecutor General.
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I mean, this is pure fabrication on Fitzgerald's part.
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Turns out Eddie Ibanez's entire back story was a fabrication, including the MITNFL story.
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Saudi charges that Israel had been bombarding their territory were blatant fabrications.
Academic text (2010) -
The police were quick to identify his confession as a fabrication intended to mislead the investigation.
Synonyms
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2.7
A false statement told to trick someone
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2.0
A made-up story or statement that is not true
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2.1
Telling something that is not true on purpose
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4.1
A trick that makes people believe something false
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3.9
An action that makes someone believe something not true
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6.1
A false claim or action to hide the truth
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5.8
A report or statement that gives a false picture of the truth
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4.3
A statement that is not true
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7.5
A statement that gives false information about something
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5.5
A false statement
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9.9
A false story that people tell to make others believe something untrue
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4.9
A false story told to trick or impress people
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7.9
A statement or idea that is not true
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6.8
A thing or action made to trick people into thinking it is real
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7.7
To make a document or record false on purpose by changing its information
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6.3
An invented story or plan made to trick people
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9.9
Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending
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9.6
Talk that tries to trick people with false statements
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4.4
Telling a small lie about something unimportant
A false statement used as evidence in law or argument
To make false information, for example in documents or results, to trick people
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fabrication also means a false story because it comes from the same root fabrica that means 'to make' or 'build'. A helpful way to remember this is to think of someone 'fabricating' a tale the way a craftsperson makes an object, so a fabrication can be something 'made up' to deceive.