FIGMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does figment mean? • FIGMENT (noun)
The noun FIGMENT has 1 sense:
1. a contrived or fantastic idea
Familiarity information: FIGMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FIGMENT (noun)
Meaning:
A contrived or fantastic idea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
a figment of the imagination
Hypernyms ("figment" is a kind of...):
idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)
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