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false-memory syndrome

American  
[fawls-mem-uh-ree sin-drohm, -druhm] / ˈfɔlsˈmɛm ə ri ˌsɪn droʊm, -drəm /

noun

  1. a psychological condition in which a person believes that they remember events that have not actually occurred.

false memory syndrome British  

noun

  1. an alleged condition in which a person undergoing psychotherapy erroneously believes in traumatic events in his or her childhood See also recovered memory

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Etymology

Origin of false-memory syndrome

First recorded in 1990–95

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