Fabrication
The act of manufacturing or constructing something; or a falsehood or invented story meant to deceive.
nounFabrication
The act of manufacturing or constructing something; or a falsehood or invented story meant to deceive.
nounImagine This
Picture a skilled tailor at a loom. Instead of weaving cloth, they weave a tale—every thread a lie—until the finished cloth is a complete fabrication.
Sounds Like
FAB-rih-KAY-shun
Looks Like
resembles 'fabricate' and 'fabric' illustrating the idea of weaving or making something
Remember This
Fabrication comes from the idea of crafting or weaving something, often used to describe a falsehood as well as manufactured goods. In legal or journalistic contexts, fabrication can refer specifically to fake data or evidence.
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manufacture, produce, construct, lie, falsehood, deception
Note
Be sure to distinguish between manufacturing (a neutral sense) and deception (a negative sense). In SAT contexts, fabrication commonly refers to a lie or invented story, not just making objects.
Study Deeper
- The fabrication of automobile parts requires precise welding and quality control.
- Investigators concluded that the financial report was a fabrication and ordered a full audit.
From Latin fabrica meaning workshop or craft, from facere meaning to make. The noun sense extends from the idea of making or shaping something.
Think of fabric woven into a story: a fabrication is a story that has been woven together, often with strands of falsehood. A quick memory cue is 'fabricate' = to weave together (a lie).
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