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

Management noted delays in the timing of lithography demand, particularly for extreme ultraviolet (‘EUV') systems—ASML's core product—due to slower ramp-ups in fabrication. —Gurufocus, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024

The fabrication is also lovely, with a cotton-soft feel. —Kristine Thomason, Glamour, 19 Nov. 2024

For researchers drumming up a brand-new genome, the fabrication itself isn’t the hard part; scientists already know how to assemble DNA base pairs into strings. —Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024

So, too, could fabrications of warnings of a nuclear attack against the United States, spread through a cyber intrusion by state or nonstate actors or even accidentally by artificial intelligence, trigger a nuclear response. —Anthony Lake, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 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