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false-memory syndrome

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false-mem⋅o⋅ry syn⋅drome

[fawls-mem-uh-ree]
–noun
a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred.

Origin:
1990–95
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false-mem·o·ry syndrome   (fôls'měm'ə-rē)
n.   Abbr. FMS
The belief that one remembers events, especially traumatic events, that have not actually occurred. Not in scientific use.
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