confabulation
[ kuh n-fab-yuh-ley-shuh n ]
/ kənˌfæb yəˈleɪ ʃən /
noun
the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
Psychiatry.
the replacement of a gap in a person's memory by a falsification that he or she believes to be true.
Origin of confabulation
1490–1500; < Late Latin
confabulātiōn- (stem of
confābulātiō) conversation, equivalent to
confābulāt(us) (see
confabulate) +
-iōn-
-ion
OTHER WORDS FROM confabulation
con·fab·u·la·to·ry [kuh n-fab-yoo-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /kənˈfæb yʊ ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectiveWords nearby confabulation
coney,
coney island,
conf.,
confab,
confabulate,
confabulation,
confarreation,
confect,
confection,
confectionary,
confectioner
Medical definitions for confabulatory
confabulation
[ kən-făb′yə-lā′shən ]
n.
The unconscious filling of gaps in one's memory by fabrications that one accepts as facts.