Definition of "figment" []

• Something invented, made up, or fabricated: just a figment of the imagination. (noun)

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• "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."
• "God, Jesus, Buddha, Allah or whatever you call the figment of your superstitious mind are nothing but frauds."
• "A conclusion of rampant anti-Catholic bias in America, where the highest court in the land counts six Catholics among its nine members, could reasonably be described as a figment of somebody's over-hyped imagination."