figment of one's imagination en · NOUN
Meanings
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(figuratively) A product of the imagination; especially, such a thing whose unreality one may question, at least temporarily.
How much would you expect, if commissioned to go into the heart of mahometan worship, and to say to them, your prophet was an impostor, your koran is a lie, and all your hopes of a sensual paradise a mere figment of your imagination?
1821, Stephen Chapin, The Duty of Living for the Good of Posterity - A Sermon, Delivered at North-Yarmouth, December, 22, 1820, in Commemoration of the Close of the Second Century from the Landing of the Fore-fathers of New-England, page 9:Near-synonyms: hallucination, mirage
I am just a figment of your imagination.
1997, Ed Solomon, Men in Black, spoken by Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones):Another pause, this one agonizing, and then: "You might as well come in. Because if you're telling the truth, that's the most fascinating thing I've ever heard, and if you're lying, you're a figment of my imagination, and I could still use the company."
2023 September 22, HarryBlank, “Off Track”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| figments of one's imagination | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
castle in the air · pipe dream · pie in the sky
Synonyms
Translations (10)
et väljamõeldis (product of the imagination) · pl imaginacja (product of the imagination) · ca producte de la imaginació (product of the imagination) · et ulme (product of the imagination) · bg плод на въображението (product of the imagination) · pl fantazja (product of the imagination) · et fantaseering (product of the imagination) · ca fantasia de la imaginació (product of the imagination) · it parto della fantasia (product of the imagination) · fi mielikuvituksen tuote (product of the imagination)