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figment of one's imagination figment of (one's)/the imaginationAn experience that initially is thought to be real but is actually imagined. I thought I heard the sound of my front door opening last night but it turned out to be a figment of my imagination. See also: figment, imagination, of Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. figment of one's imaginationSomething made up, invented, or fabricated, as in "The long dishevelled hair, the swelled black face, the exaggerated stature were figments of imagination" (Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847). This term is redundant, since figment means "product of the imagination." [Early 1800s] See also: figment, imagination, of The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also:- a figment of somebody's imagination
- figment of (one's)/the imagination
- a thought
- cross (one's) mind
- cross mind
- cross one's mind
- cross somebody's mind
- cross your mind
- pale at
- paling
References in periodicals archive Reputations are not the figment of one's imagination. They are like a proverbial smoke that indicates existence of fire. Revelations of JIT simply flabbergasting If the fight scene were real it would have given the movie more oomph, because watching a fight scene and then realising that it was nothing but a figment of one's imagination is nothing but a buzz kill. Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 "That boy is not a figment of one's imagination, that was my son. Let my Anthony be a role model While in some cases a perception of being inappropriate is a figment of one's imagination, there are situations where the majority of clients, patients, or program participants do not welcome certain individuals. Meeting the needs of older men: challenges for those in helping professions My interpretation of this essay is that hell is a figment of one's imagination. If the concept of hell is just a state of mind, a myth, a fantasy, so must be the concepts of purgatory and heaven. Wishful thinking |