Meaning of FABRICATION
| Pronunciation: | | `fabru'keyshun
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- [n] the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- [n] the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- [n] the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- [n] writing in a fictional form
- [n] a deliberately false or improbable account
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| | Synonyms: | | assembly, fable, fiction, fictionalisation, fictionalization, lying, manufacture, prevarication |
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| | Antonyms: | | disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling | | |
| | See Also: | | authorship, building, canard, composition, construction, creating from raw materials, false statement, falsehood, falsification, falsity, fibbing, formation, misrepresentaation, paltering, penning, prefabrication, shaping, untruth, writing | |
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| | Definition: | | Fabrication
Intrigued by household objects like paper clips, dolls, and globes, this writer embarks on a quest that leads her to the factory floor where all kinds of everyday items are forged. Full of industrial observations and philosophical insight on the mass manufacture of goods, Neville shares what she learned. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fab`ri*ca"tion\, n. [L. fabricatio; cf. F.
fabrication.]
1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing;
construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a
bridge, a church, or a government. --Burke.
2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is
doubtless a fabrication.
Syn: See {Fiction}.
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