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confabulation

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”),[1] from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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confabulation (countable and uncountable, plural confabulations)

  1. A casual conversation; a chat.
    Synonym: confab
  2. (psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true.

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References

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  1. ^ “confabūlāciōn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “confabulation, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “confabulation, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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