Fabrication
(noun)
- The action or process of fabricating something, especially something artificial or false.
- Something that has been fabricated, especially a story or tale.
- The manufacture of a product from raw materials, especially by manual labor.
- The production of a work of art, such as a sculpture or a painting.
Origin:
Late middle english (denoting the process of constructing something): from latin fabricatio(n-), from fabricare "construct, work out" (see fabricate).
Examples:
- The fabrication of the story was exposed and the journalists were fired.
- The company specialized in the fabrication of high-precision metal components.
- The fabrication of the sculpture was a complex and time-consuming process.
- The fabrication of the evidence was a serious crime, and the judge ruled the trial was a mistrial.
- The artist's paintings were known for their originality and the masterful fabrication of each brush stroke.