confabulation
/kənˌfæb.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
noun
- An informal conversation or chat.
- Their confabulation lasted well past midnight.
- The confabulation among the students was lively and friendly.
- I enjoyed a pleasant confabulation with my neighbor about gardening.
- The act of fabricating or filling in memory gaps with false information, often unconsciously.
- Researchers study confabulation to understand how memory works.
- Her confabulation about the event was not intentional lying.
- The doctor explained that confabulation is common in certain brain injuries.
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