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fig·ment F0114800 (fĭg′mənt)n. Something invented, made up, or fabricated: just a figment of the imagination.
[Middle English, from Latin figmentum, from fingere, to form; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]figment (ˈfɪɡmənt) na fantastic notion, invention, or fabrication: a figment of the imagination. [C15: from Late Latin figmentum a fiction, from Latin fingere to shape]fig•ment (ˈfɪg mənt)
n. 1. a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion. 2. a feigned, invented, or imagined story, theory, etc. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin figmentum something made or feigned] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | figment - a contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination"idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
figmentnoun invention, production, fancy, creation, fiction, fable, improvisation, fabrication, falsehood It wasn't just a figment of my imagination.figmentnoun1. An illusory mental image:daydream, dream, fancy, fantasy, fiction, illusion, phantasm, phantasma, reverie, vision.2. Any fictitious idea accepted as part of an ideology by an uncritical group; a received idea:creation, fantasy, fiction, invention, myth.Translationsfigment (ˈfigmənt) : a figment of the/one's imagination something one has imagined and which has no reality. 虛構的事物 虚构的事物figment
figment of (one's)/the imaginationAn experience that initially is thought to be real but is actually imagined. I thought I heard the sound of my front door opening last night but it turned out to be a figment of my imagination.See also: figment, imagination, ofbe a figment of (one's/the) imaginationTo be an imagined experience (especially after one has initially thought it to be real). I thought I heard the sound of my front door opening last night but it turned out to be a figment of my imagination.See also: figment, imagination, offigment of one's imaginationSomething made up, invented, or fabricated, as in "The long dishevelled hair, the swelled black face, the exaggerated stature were figments of imagination" (Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847). This term is redundant, since figment means "product of the imagination." [Early 1800s] See also: figment, imagination, ofa figment of somebody’s imagiˈnation something which somebody only imagines: Doctor, are you suggesting the pain is a figment of my imagination?See also: figment, imagination, offigment of the imagination, aAn imaginary occurrence; a pipe dream. This expression is tautological, since figment means a product of fictitious invention. Nevertheless, it has been used since the mid-nineteenth century. It appeared in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847): “The long dishevelled hair, the swelled black face, the exaggerated stature, were figments of imagination.”See also: figment, offigment
Synonyms for figmentnoun inventionSynonyms- invention
- production
- fancy
- creation
- fiction
- fable
- improvisation
- fabrication
- falsehood
Synonyms for figmentnoun an illusory mental imageSynonyms- daydream
- dream
- fancy
- fantasy
- fiction
- illusion
- phantasm
- phantasma
- reverie
- vision
noun any fictitious idea accepted as part of an ideology by an uncritical group; a received ideaSynonyms- creation
- fantasy
- fiction
- invention
- myth
Words related to figmentnoun a contrived or fantastic ideaRelated Words |