Figment (Noun)
Meaning
A contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The idea of a utopian society is often considered a figment of the imagination, unrealistic and unattainable.
- Her notion that she was a princess in a past life was just a figment of her vivid imagination.
- The concept of a money tree that grows cash was a figment of the child's fanciful thinking.
- The fantastical creatures he described were likely a figment of his overactive imagination.
- The rumor that the company was going to give everyone a year's salary as a bonus was a figment of someone's wild speculation.