Antonyms for figment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fig-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪg mənt |
Definition of figment
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin figmentum "something formed or fashioned, creation," related to figura "shape" (see figure (n.)).
- noun creation in one's mind
- There is no permanent wise man except in the figment of the Stoics.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The starting-point, the nebula, is no figment of the scientific imagination.
- Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
- Maybe all this about being an FBI agent was just a figment of his imagination.
- Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Or is God but a phantom, and the Eternal Law but a figment of the imagination?
- Extract from : « No Compromise with Slavery » by William Lloyd Garrison
- The element of time is only a figment that clouds the question of right and deceives the borrower.
- Extract from : « Usury » by Calvin Elliott
- A figment born from a figment; one fancy evolved from another; the shadow of a shadow.
- Extract from : « Charles Dickens as a Reader » by Charles Kent
- To us here, Atlantis is only a figment, a shadow, far away across the waters.
- Extract from : « The Lost Continent » by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
- Might it not be merely a figment of the fertile imagination of man?
- Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- Dolly disputed by every male was a figment of the imagination—how different was the reality!
- Extract from : « Skippy Bedelle » by Owen Johnson
- At first Conan doubted his consciousness, thought it was but a figment of delirium.
- Extract from : « The Hour of the Dragon » by Robert E. Howard
Synonyms for figment
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