Things that are made up or invented, especially false stories or lies; also the act of manufacturing something.
From Latin fabricāre (to make, build) + -tion suffix. The word evolved from the original sense of physical construction to include the construction of false narratives.
The same word describes both a factory making real goods and someone spinning fake news—showing how 'making' and 'faking' were once conceptually identical in our ancestors' minds.
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