fabrication

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a deliberately false or improbable account
  2. noun writing in a fictional form
  3. noun the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

Etymology

From Middle French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio. Equivalent to fabricate + -ion.

In classic literature

Synonyms

fiction, fable

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