confabulate
See also: confabúlate
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin cōnfābulārī + -ate.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/
- Hyphenation: con‧fab‧ul‧ate
Verb edit
confabulate (third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)
- (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
- Synonym: confab
- (intransitive) To confer.
- (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
- 1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...[1]:
- "It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."
Derived terms edit
- confab (verb)
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory
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Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
confabulate
- inflection of confabulare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
confabulate f pl
Latin edit
Participle edit
cōnfābulāte
Spanish edit
Verb edit
confabulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of confabularse