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confabulation

[ kuhn-fab-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion:
One night, over a beer, Jake and I got into a confabulation on the world and life in general, and Jake's affairs in particular.
Psychiatry, Psychology. the replacement of a gap in a person's memory by a falsification that they believe to be true:
The report concluded that while the information elicited under hypnosis may be accurate, it may also include confabulations and pseudomemories.

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Other Words From

con·fab·u·la·to·ry [k, uh, n-, fab, -y, oo, -l, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of confabulation¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; from Late Latin confabulātiōn- (stem of confābulātiō ) “conversation,” equivalent to confābulāt(us) ( confabulate ) + -iōn- noun suffix; -ion

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