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confabulation
con·fab·u·late C0558000 (kən-făb′yə-lāt′)intr.v. con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing, con·fab·u·lates 1. To talk casually; chat.2. Psychology To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.
[Latin cōnfābulārī, cōnfābulāt- : com-, com- + fābulārī, to talk (from fābula, conversation; see fable).]
con·fab′u·la′tion n.con·fab′u·la′tor n.con·fab′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  confabulation - an informal conversation chat, confab, schmoose, schmoozeconversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chitchat, chit-chat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle - light informal conversation for social occasions | | 2. | confabulation - (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is rememberedmemory - something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost"psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
confabulationnounSpoken exchange:chat, colloquy, conversation, converse, dialogue, discourse, speech, talk.Informal: confab.Slang: jaw.Translationsconfabulation
confabulation [kon″fab-u-la´shun] unconscious filling in of gaps in memory with fabricated facts and experiences, commonly associated with organic pathology. It differs from lying in that the patient has no intention to deceive and believes the fabricated memories to be real.con·fab·u·la·tion (kon'fab-yū-lā'shŭn), The making of bizarre and incorrect responses, and a readiness to give a fluent but tangential answer, with no regard whatever to facts, to any question put; seen in amnesia and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. [L. con-fabulor, pp. -fabulatus, to talk together, fr. fabula, narrative] confabulation Neurology The falsification of plausible experiences and events in response to questions about situations or events that are not recalled, as a means of 'covering' gaps in memory, a finding typical of Wernicke's encephalopathy. Cf False memory. con·fab·u·la·tion (kŏn-fab'yū-lā'shŭn) The making of bizarre and incorrect responses, and a readiness to give a fluent but tangential answer, with no regard whatever to facts, to any question put; seen in amnesia, presbyophrenia, and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. [L. con-fabulor, pp. -fabulatus, to talk together, fr. fabula, narrative]confabulation The recounting of fictitious and repetitive, but often plausible, detail of past events to cover gaps in the memory. This is common in various forms of dementia and is most characteristic of the alcohol-induced KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME.ConfabulationAn attempt to fill in memory gaps by fabricating information or details.Mentioned in: Korsakoff's Syndromeconfabulation
Synonyms for confabulationnoun spoken exchangeSynonyms- chat
- colloquy
- conversation
- converse
- dialogue
- discourse
- speech
- talk
- confab
- jaw
Synonyms for confabulationnoun an informal conversationSynonyms- chat
- confab
- schmoose
- schmooze
Related Words- conversation
- causerie
- chin wag
- chin wagging
- chin-wag
- chin-wagging
- chit chat
- chitchat
- chit-chat
- gab
- gabfest
- gossip
- small talk
- tittle-tattle
noun (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is rememberedRelated Words- memory
- psychiatry
- psychological medicine
- psychopathology
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