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false-memory syndrome

[ fawls-mem-uh-ree sin-drohm, -druhm ]
/ ˈfɔlsˈmɛm ə ri ˌsɪn droʊm, -drəm /
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noun
a psychological condition in which a person believes that they remember events that have not actually occurred.Compare recovered memory.
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Origin of false-memory syndrome

First recorded in 1990–95
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British Dictionary definitions for false-memory syndrome

false memory syndrome

noun
an alleged condition in which a person undergoing psychotherapy erroneously believes in traumatic events in his or her childhoodSee also recovered memory
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