The action of devising, contriving, or making up; contrivance, fabrication.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > [noun] (42) invention1526 The action of devising, contriving, or making up; contrivance, fabrication. forgery1582 Invention, excogitation; fictitious invention, fiction. Now only poetic. Formerly also with more reproachful sense: †Deception, lying; a… fiction1605 The action of ‘feigning’ or inventing imaginary incidents, existences, states of things, etc., whether for the purpose of deception or otherwise. romance1668 As a mass noun: the action of concocting extravagant falsehoods; wild exaggeration, speculation, or fantasy. fabrication1790 In bad sense: The action of fabricating or ‘making up’; the invention (of a statement); the forging (of a document). Also concrete. An invention; a… whole cloth1823 figurative and in figurative contexts. Esp. in (made, cut, manufactured,etc.) out of (the) whole cloth. colloquial (chiefly North American). Used… concoction1831 The elaborate or ingenious composition, or making up (of a story, plot, scheme) to suit a purpose. fictionizing1938 Subcategories:— quality of (1) — proneness to invention (1) — something invented (6) — an invention, fiction, story (24) — spurious fact (2) |
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