An illusory mental image

• vision

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• reverie

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• phantasma

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• phantasm

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• illusion

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• figment

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• fantasy

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• fancy

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• dream

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• daydream

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Any fictitious idea accepted as part of an ideology by an uncritical group; a received idea

• myth

  1. A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society:
  2. Such stories considered as a group:
  3. A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal:

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  1. A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society:
  2. Such stories considered as a group:
  3. A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal:

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• invention

  1. The act or process of inventing:
  2. A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation:
  3. A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood.

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  1. The act or process of inventing:
  2. A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation:
  3. A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood.

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• figment

  1. Something invented, made up, or fabricated:

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  1. Something invented, made up, or fabricated:

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• fantasy

  1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.
  2. Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.
  3. A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

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  1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.
  2. Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.
  3. A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

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• creation

  1. The act of creating.
  2. The fact or state of having been created.
  3. The act of investing with a new office or title.

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  1. The act of creating.
  2. The fact or state of having been created.
  3. The act of investing with a new office or title.

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An untrue declaration

• whopper

  1. Something exceptionally big or remarkable.
  2. A gross untruth.

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  1. Something exceptionally big or remarkable.
  2. A gross untruth.

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• tall tale

  1. a kind of story or folk tale characterized by intentionally ludicrous exaggeration and incredible incidents

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  1. a kind of story or folk tale characterized by intentionally ludicrous exaggeration and incredible incidents

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• fish story

  1. An implausible, boastful story.

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  1. An implausible, boastful story.

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• untruth

  1. Something untrue; a lie.
  2. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
  3. Unfaithfulness.

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  1. Something untrue; a lie.
  2. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
  3. Unfaithfulness.

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• tale

  1. A recital of events or happenings; a report or revelation:
  2. A malicious story, piece of gossip, or petty complaint.
  3. A deliberate lie; a falsehood.

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  1. A recital of events or happenings; a report or revelation:
  2. A malicious story, piece of gossip, or petty complaint.
  3. A deliberate lie; a falsehood.

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• story

  1. An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events:
  2. An anecdote:
  3. A lie:

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  1. An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events:
  2. An anecdote:
  3. A lie:

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• prevarication

  1. A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation. A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation.

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  1. A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation. A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation.

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• misstatement

  1. A statement that is false. Usually indicating an error rather than an intentional lie.

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  1. A statement that is false. Usually indicating an error rather than an intentional lie.

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• misrepresentation

  1. A false statement typically made with the intention to mislead. See fraud. A false statement typically made with the intention to mislead. See fraud.

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  1. A false statement typically made with the intention to mislead. See fraud. A false statement typically made with the intention to mislead. See fraud.

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• lie

  1. To be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal, or recumbent position; recline:
  2. To be placed on or supported by a surface that is usually horizontal:
  3. To be or remain in a specified condition:

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  1. To be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal, or recumbent position; recline:
  2. To be placed on or supported by a surface that is usually horizontal:
  3. To be or remain in a specified condition:

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• inveracity

  1. Lack of veracity; untruthfulness.
  2. An untruth; a falsehood.

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  1. Lack of veracity; untruthfulness.
  2. An untruth; a falsehood.

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• fib

  1. An insignificant or childish lie.
  2. To tell a fib.

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  1. An insignificant or childish lie.
  2. To tell a fib.

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• falsity

  1. The quality or condition of being false.
  2. Something false; a lie.

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  1. The quality or condition of being false.
  2. Something false; a lie.

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• falsehood

  1. An untrue statement; a lie or an inaccuracy.
  2. The practice of lying.
  3. Lack of conformity to truth or fact; inaccuracy.

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  1. An untrue statement; a lie or an inaccuracy.
  2. The practice of lying.
  3. Lack of conformity to truth or fact; inaccuracy.

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• cock-and-bull story

  1. An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true.

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  1. An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true.

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• canard

  1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.
  2. A short winglike control surface projecting from the fuselage of an aircraft, such as a space shuttle, mounted forward of the main wing and serving as a horizontal stabilizer.
  3. An aircraft whose horizontal stabilizing surfaces are forward of the main wing.

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  1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.
  2. A short winglike control surface projecting from the fuselage of an aircraft, such as a space shuttle, mounted forward of the main wing and serving as a horizontal stabilizer.
  3. An aircraft whose horizontal stabilizing surfaces are forward of the main wing.

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A narrative not based on fact

• story

  1. An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events:
  2. An anecdote:
  3. A lie:

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  1. An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events:
  2. An anecdote:
  3. A lie:

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• fable

  1. A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans.
  2. A story about legendary persons and exploits.
  3. A falsehood; a lie.

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  1. A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans.
  2. A story about legendary persons and exploits.
  3. A falsehood; a lie.

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Something invented or feigned

• invention

  1. The act or process of inventing:
  2. A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation:
  3. A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood.

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  1. The act or process of inventing:
  2. A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation:
  3. A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood.

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• untruth

  1. Something untrue; a lie.
  2. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
  3. Unfaithfulness.

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  1. Something untrue; a lie.
  2. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
  3. Unfaithfulness.

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• fabrication

  1. a fabricating or being fabricated; construction; manufacture
  2. a fabricated thing; esp., a falsehood, false excuse, etc.

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  1. a fabricating or being fabricated; construction; manufacture
  2. a fabricated thing; esp., a falsehood, false excuse, etc.

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Imaginative prose narrative

• romance

  1. A love affair:
  2. Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people; love:
  3. A strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something:

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  1. A love affair:
  2. Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people; love:
  3. A strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something:

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• tale

  1. A recital of events or happenings; a report or revelation:
  2. A malicious story, piece of gossip, or petty complaint.
  3. A deliberate lie; a falsehood.

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  1. A recital of events or happenings; a report or revelation:
  2. A malicious story, piece of gossip, or petty complaint.
  3. A deliberate lie; a falsehood.

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• novel

  1. A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
  2. The literary genre represented by novels.

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  1. A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
  2. The literary genre represented by novels.

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