confabulation
[kuh n-fab-yuh-ley-shuh n]
- 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.
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Origin of confabulation
1490–1500; < Late Latin confabulātiōn- (stem of confābulātiō) conversation, equivalent to confābulāt(us) (see confabulate) + -iōn- -ion
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Examples from the Web for confabulation
Contemporary Examples
This is most apparent in his discussion of the many forms of confabulation.
The constant disinformation, distraction, misdirection, confabulation, and endless stream of threats actually works.
Historical Examples
During this confabulation, Maltravers and Evelyn were left alone with Sophy.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
I was going on in my confabulation, when Tranquillus entered.
Isaac BickerstaffRichard Steele
With the details of that confabulation we will not trouble the reader.
The Island QueenR.M. Ballantyne
During the course of this confabulation evening had come on.
In Search of the CastawaysJules Verne
I cannot say that I understand distinctly their first Confabulation.
Word Origin and History for confabulation
n.
mid-15c., "talking together," from Late Latin confabulationem (nominative confabulatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin confabulari (see confabulate).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
confabulation
(kən-făb′yə-lā′shən)- The unconscious filling of gaps in one's memory by fabrications that one accepts as facts.
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