That which, or something that, is imaginatively invented; feigned existence, event, or state of things; invention as opposed to fact.

A creation of fable; something falsely affirmed to exist; a ‘myth’.

Invention, devising; sometimes, with mixture of 1, comment which is a mere invention or concoction. Obsolete. Cf. comment, v. 1.

A widespread but untrue or erroneous story or belief; a widely held misconception; a misrepresentation of the truth. Also: something existing only…