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figment

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as in illusion

a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination

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as in fiction

something that is the product of the imagination thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers

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“Figment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figment. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.

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