figment

• Substantiv, das etwas Erdachtes oder Eingebildetes bezeichnet, oft in der Wendung 'ein Produkt der Einbildung' verwendet, um etwas zu beschreiben, das nicht real existiert.

A noun referring to something that is invented or imagined, often used in the phrase 'figment of the imagination' to describe something that does not exist in reality.

1. Imaginary thingB2formal

   Something that is invented or imagined and does not exist in reality.

   Hirngespinst

   • The monster was just a figment of his imagination.
   • She thought she saw a ghost, but it was a figment of her mind.
   • The story was a complete figment, with no basis in fact.

   Synonymechimeradelusionfabricationfantasyfictionillusioninventionphantom

   Antonymeactualityfactreality