n. A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Something feigned or imagined; an invention; a fiction.
n. In metaphysics, the opposite of a real thing; that the characters of which are arbitrary, depending on the thought of some particular person or persons.
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n. a contrived or fantastic idea
Word Usage
"Cordoba House, which he called a figment of Gingrich's imagination, and the MSNBC host pointed out that the community center will be open to all New Yorkers."