SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
fabrication
noun
An invented account presented as true.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Invented false account
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Usage distinction
Return to topFiction can be openly imaginative; a fabrication in this sense is presented as though it were true.
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See fabrication in use
The supposedly ancient inscription turned out to be a fabrication.
The alibi turned out to be an elaborate fabrication.
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In a different club dispute, an exhibition organizer used deception by labeling several empty display slots as confirmed bookings to create an impression of high demand. A supposed message from a celebrated local artist was a fabrication: the organizer had invented both its wording and its sender's agreement.
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