I heard that a gay priest had been promoted to the rank of bishop, but it turned out to be a fabrication.
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Fabrication
//fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "fabrication" (156 found)
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43 translations across 16 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- geydirmə noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- qondarma noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Bulgarian
3 entries- производство noun (act)
- фабрикуване noun (act)
- фалшификат noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Dutch
2 entries- fabricage noun (act)
- verzinsel noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Finnish
4 entries- rakentaminen noun (act)
- sepite noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- tekaistu juttu noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- valhe noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
French
2 entries- fabrication noun (act)
- fabulation noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Georgian
1 entries- ფაბრიკაცია noun (act)
Lushootseed
1 entries- səxʷʔiw̓adəb noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Macedonian
1 entries- измислица noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یالان noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Polish
2 entries- fabrykacja noun (act)
- fabrykacja noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Romanian
1 entries- fabricare noun (act)
Russian
4 entries- вы́думка noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- изготовле́ние noun (act)
- подде́лка noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- подло́г noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Spanish
4 entries- abulencia noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- fabricación noun (act)
- falsedad noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- invención noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Tagalog
4 entries- gawa noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- gawa-gawa noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- imbento noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- pag-imbento noun (act)
Urdu
2 entries- جعل سازی noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
- جعلسازی noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויסטראַכטעניש noun (that which is fabricated; a falsehood)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Everything he told us was pure fabrication.
Source: tatoeba (2265907)
When we are young, we wander on a path, a path of exploration, a path of ebullience, a path of happiness, a path on which we believe that everything is so magical and that all will go our way; however, when we egress from our rainbow-colored shells, we realize this is only a fabrication of reality.
Source: tatoeba (4867410)
Even if it's not true, it's a brilliant fabrication.
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