false-memory syndrome

[fawls-mem-uh-ree]

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noun

a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred.

Compare recovered memory.

Origin of false-memory syndrome

First recorded in 1990–95

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Related Words for false-memory syndrome

FMS, paramnesia