figmentation
figmentation noun: a figment of the imagination; something imaginary.
Noun
figmentation (plural figmentations)
- A figment of the imagination; something imaginary.
- The first two are so vivid that even at this date, over two years later, it is — and I write with frank candor — difficult, if not impossible, for me to discount or pass them from memory as a pure figmentation of the subconscious.1968, John A. Sanford, Dreams; God's forgotten language, page 142
- 'Freedom,' he had since that time realised is but a figmentation, a myth, a child of man's imaginative mind; a phenomenon which man can never hope to obtain in its totality due to the logical and illogical system […]1992, Asenath Odaga, The Love Ash, Rosa and Other Stories, page 77
Forms of figmentation
| plural | figmentations |
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Origin of figmentation
From figment + -ation, or perhaps a confused blend of figment of the imagination.
Questions about figmentation
- What does figmentation mean?
- Figmentation means a figment of the imagination; something imaginary.
- What part of speech is figmentation?
- Figmentation is a noun.
- What is the plural of figmentation?
- The plural of figmentation is figmentations.
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