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n-fab-y
noun
1.
the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
2.
Psychiatry. the replacement of a gap in a person's memory by a falsification that he or she believes to be true.
Origin:
1490–1500; < Late Latin confabulātiōn- (stem of confābulātiō) conversation, equivalent to confābulāt(us) (see confabulate) + -iōn- -ion
1490–1500; < Late Latin confabulātiōn- (stem of confābulātiō) conversation, equivalent to confābulāt(us) (see confabulate) + -iōn- -ion
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Confabulation
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So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
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Example Sentences
- The novel's anecdotal style accommodates a boy's confabulation.
- The moralizing in commentary can be regarded as merely confabulation covering that useful trait.
- Chronic confabulation is a rare type of memory problem that affects a small proportion of brain-damaged people.
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World English Dictionary
| confabulate (kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to talk together; converse; chat |
| 2. | psychiatry See also paramnesia to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true |
| [C17: from Latin confābulārī, from fābulārī to talk, from fābula a story; see | |
| confabu'lation | |
| —n | |
| con'fabulator | |
| —n | |
| con'fabulatory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
confabulation
mid-15c., "talking together," from L. confabulationem, noun of action from confabulari (see confabulate).
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Medical Dictionary
confabulation con·fab·u·la·tion (kən-fāb'yə-lā'shən)
n.
The unconscious filling of gaps in one's memory by fabrications that one accepts as facts.
con·fab'u·late' v.
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